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Long Beach

Long Beach from directly overhead

Long Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Beach Island, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.07287, -73.40317

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Creek Open Space: 0.9 mi
  • Calf Pasture Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Woodward Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
  • Shady Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Springwood Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Sasqua Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Golden Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Seymour Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Spring Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Compo Hill: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.2 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.4 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.5 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.2 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 55
  • War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 0.9 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 2.2 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 2.6 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 52
  • Formal Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 8.8 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 1.9 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.2 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 5.3 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Picnic Grove: 15.0 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 15.1 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 15.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 5.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 5.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Long Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW208 m12.0 mi
Gilbert HillN186 m13.2 mi
Bald HillNNW184 m10.5 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW171 m11.5 mi
Comstock KnollNNW164 m9.7 mi
Powells HillNNE159 m11.9 mi
Flirt HillNNE148 m13.1 mi
Staples HillNNE144 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 8 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.07 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station South Norwalk, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359265545

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