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Money Beach

Money Beach from directly overhead

Money Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Mary's by the sea, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.14482, -73.22595

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saint Mary's by the sea: 0.2 mi
  • Jennings Skate Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Henry Rowland Memorial Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Ellsworth Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • The Preserve at Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea: 0.3 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 1.0 mi
  • New England Avenue Playground: 1.3 mi
  • Bill Burr 4-H Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Blue Star Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Ash Creek Restoration Project: 0.4 mi
  • Saint Mary’s By-The-Sea: 0.4 mi
  • Roger Ludlow: 1.2 mi
  • Fairfield Honor Roll: 1.3 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 8.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 46
  • Heron: 7.2 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 8.7 mi
  • Mother Mary: 8.7 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Cascades: 10.7 mi
  • Cascade: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 1.3 mi
  • Earthplace: 8.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 11.7 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Grove: 5.1 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Money Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillN 351°179 m8.1 mi
Walnut Tree HillNNE 15°171 m11.5 mi
Round HillNNW 338°170 m8.0 mi
Hirams HillN 350°167 m10.7 mi
Booth HillNNE 13°160 m9.5 mi
Powells HillNW 319°159 m8.4 mi
Sport HillNNW 342°154 m7.0 mi
Flirt HillNW 325°148 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 5 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 6.75 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Black Rock Harbor, CT, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286422

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