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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
Museums
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
Gardens: 59
  • 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
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
Attractions: 54
Waterfalls: 41
Beaches: 41
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 9.1 miles of Mattatuck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainN313 m6.4 mi
Lindsley HillN312 m4.6 mi
Clinton HillNNW303 m5.0 mi
West PeakE301 m5.8 mi
Becar HillNNW297 m4.7 mi
Compounce MountainN290 m5.3 mi
Fall MountainNNW284 m6.3 mi
Southington MountainN281 m3.0 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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