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Marvin Beach

Marvin Beach from directly overhead

Marvin Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles Creek Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.

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The story

beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31811052, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.09065, -73.40040

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charles Creek Park: 0.2 mi
  • Ludlow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Taylor Farm Park: 0.4 mi
  • Shady Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Edgewater Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Elizabeth Creamer Preserve: 0.4 mi
  • Meadow Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Yost Street Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • Canfield Island Marsh: 1.0 mi
  • San Vincenzo Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 0.6 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 1.2 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 1.5 mi
  • War Memorial: 2.0 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Sasqua Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Golden Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Spring Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Seymour Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Compo Hill: 3.1 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 8.4 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.9 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 8.0 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.7 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 2.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.1 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.4 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.7 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 10.7 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade: 11.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Marvin Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW 326°208 m11.0 mi
Gilbert HillN 355°186 m12.0 mi
Bald HillNNW 335°184 m9.4 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 337°171 m10.4 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 338°164 m8.6 mi
Powells HillNNE 19°159 m10.7 mi
Flirt HillNNE 19°148 m11.9 mi
Staples HillNNE 28°144 m11.4 mi
Conditions

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.

Tides

Mean tidal range 7.07 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station South Norwalk, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286363

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