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Long Beach

Long Beach from directly overhead

Long Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Israel Hill stands 192 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasure Beach Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.15267, -73.14712

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens: 59
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 3.3 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 6.0 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Farmill River Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascades: 8.8 mi
  • Cascade: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade: 12.0 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Miniature Windmill: 6.0 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 6.1 mi
  • Heron: 6.6 mi
  • Mother Mary: 7.6 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 5.5 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.2 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 10.9 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 4.4 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 6.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.2 mi
  • Pond View: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Long Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Israel HillN 352°192 m12.3 mi
Bugg HillNNW 342°189 m12.4 mi
Tashua HillNW 324°179 m9.2 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 354°171 m10.7 mi
Round HillNW 314°170 m9.8 mi
Hirams HillNNW 329°167 m11.7 mi
Booth HillNNW 347°160 m9.0 mi
Powells HillWNW 301°159 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:29
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 1 mi away.

Mean tidal range 6.74 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station BRIDGEPORT, CT, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398006

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