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Middle Beach

Middle Beach from directly overhead

Middle Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Turkey Hill stands 138 m to the north-northwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Salt Works Road), a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27871, -72.44231

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Open Space (Magna Lane): 0.6 mi
  • Westbrook Town Green: 0.6 mi
  • Crystal Lake Town Park: 2.1 mi
  • Old Saybrook Town Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Kirtland Landing: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 59
Peaks
  • Murdock Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Mount Tom: 2.1 mi
  • Toby Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Ingham Hill: 2.9 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 26
  • Stone Table: 4.9 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.4 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 9.7 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 10.9 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 25
Waterfalls: 19
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Middle Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW138 m10.0 mi
Mount ArcherNNE136 m9.7 mi
Wig HillNNW128 m9.0 mi
Tower HillNW126 m6.7 mi
Nickerson HillNE123 m10.2 mi
Buell HillNW119 m8.7 mi
Honey HillNNE114 m9.0 mi
Brown HillNE112 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 14 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Westbrook, Duck Island Roads, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359266027

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