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Mattatuck Beach

Mattatuck Beach from directly overhead

Mattatuck Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Yankee Expressway Highlands, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Wolcott Residents

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55689, -72.95559

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Rochambeau Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 4.4 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 4.4 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 4.5 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 4.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 5.1 mi
  • Roaring Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Cascades: 6.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 58
Artworks: 55
  • Maori Head: 4.1 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.6 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 4.6 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 4.6 mi
  • Home: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 42
Cliffs: 21
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 6.8 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 9.2 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 11.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 11.4 mi
  • Green Wall: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Grove: 6.9 mi
  • Pond View: 22.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 22.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 2.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Mattatuck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainN 4°313 m6.4 mi
Lindsley HillN 354°312 m4.6 mi
Clinton HillNNW 327°303 m5.0 mi
West PeakE 86°301 m5.8 mi
Becar HillNNW 339°297 m4.7 mi
Pine HillNW 326°295 m8.9 mi
Compounce MountainN 9°290 m5.3 mi
Fall MountainNNW 343°284 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43440821

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