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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 140 m to the north-northwest, 11 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

Nature reserves
Beaches
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
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
Attractions: 30
  • 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
Waterfalls: 29
Gardens: 28
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 8.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 8.9 mi
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 11.4 miles of Middle Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW 342°140 m11.3 mi
Turkey HillNNW 343°138 m10.0 mi
Mount ArcherNNE 27°136 m9.7 mi
Wig HillNNW 346°128 m9.0 mi
Tower HillNW 324°126 m6.7 mi
Nickerson HillNE 36°123 m10.2 mi
Buell HillNW 306°119 m8.7 mi
Honey HillNNE 27°114 m9.0 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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359266027

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