McCook Park Beach
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McCook Park Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is McCook Point Park, a park 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
McCook Point is a public park and beach located in the village of Niantic in the town of East Lyme. It adjoins the town's Hole in the Wall Beach to its east and the private Crescent Beach to its west. Combined, the two parks encompass 21 acres of land, the bulk of which is within the section known as McCook Point Park. McCook Park has the following facilities:
A covered picnic pavilion that can be rented and reserved for use Two restroom facilities: one at the lower beach area, the other on the bluff near the picnic pavilion Playground equipment on the bluff area Parking by the beach and on the bluff by the pavilion
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Wikidata Q6800529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 19.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 21.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.5 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCook Point Park: 0.1 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 0.3 mi
- Nickerson Park: 0.5 mi
- Dodge Pond Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
- East Lyme Town Ramp: 0.9 mi
- Crescent Beach: 0.2 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 0.3 mi
- Attawan Beach: 1.0 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 1.0 mi
- Giants Neck Beach: 2.1 mi
- Baptist Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mount Ararat: 0.9 mi
- Green Hill: 1.4 mi
- Durfey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Caesar: 2.3 mi
- Niantic Children’s Museum: 0.4 mi
- Nathaniel Hempstead House: 5.6 mi
- Fort Trumbull Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
- New London County Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 5.9 mi
- East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Bride Brook Historical Plaque: 2.3 mi
- Columbo Statue: 5.6 mi
- South Battery: 5.7 mi
- United States Maritime Service Officers School: 5.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cascade: 9.6 mi
- Cascade: 9.8 mi
- Cascade: 13.3 mi
- Cascade: 13.5 mi
- The Whale: 6.0 mi
- turtle rock: 9.5 mi
- tri-town marker: 9.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 10.5 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 10.6 mi
- West Garden: 4.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 4.6 mi
- Cutting Garden: 4.6 mi
- East Garden: 4.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.7 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 5.7 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 8.1 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 8.3 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 9.5 mi
- Sparky: 9.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 9.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Crow Head: 15.2 mi
- Ram Head: 17.1 mi
- Hedges Bank: 19.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 8.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 17.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 17.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.4 mi
- Powder House: 4.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 4.9 mi
- Old Spring: 13.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of McCook Park Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Hill | N 2° | 134 m | 7.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 344° | 131 m | 8.6 mi |
| Grassy Hill | NW 324° | 129 m | 7.1 mi |
| Morgan Hill | N 1° | 120 m | 6.5 mi |
| Polly Hill | N 1° | 117 m | 6.0 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | NNE 14° | 112 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brown Hill | NW 307° | 112 m | 7.9 mi |
| Beaverdam Hill | N 11° | 105 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Niantic, Niantic River, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/360164591
Day trips start here
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