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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. Moose Hill stands 198 m to the north-northwest, 13 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
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 56
Gardens: 50
  • 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
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: 16
  • 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
Waterfalls: 16
Picnic sites: 13
  • 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: 9
Lighthouses: 6
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 12.8 miles of Long Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moose HillNNW198 m12.8 mi
Israel HillN192 m12.3 mi
Bugg HillNNW189 m12.4 mi
Tashua HillNW179 m9.2 mi
Walnut Tree HillN171 m10.7 mi
Hirams HillNNW167 m11.7 mi
Booth HillNNW160 m9.0 mi
Powells HillWNW159 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398006

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