Oyster River Beach
Oyster River Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Ave. Beach, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31811094, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shingle Hill Park: 2.1 mi
- Manley Heights: 2.6 mi
- Ray Park: 2.7 mi
- Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Delacorte/Hubbard Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Ward Heitmann House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Eells-Stow House: 4.0 mi
- National Art Museum of Sport: 4.0 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 4.9 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 6.0 mi
- Anderson Ave. Beach: 0.3 mi
- Spencer Street Beach: 0.3 mi
- Trubee Doolittle Park: 0.5 mi
- Anderson Avenue Playground: 0.7 mi
- Fannie Beach Community Center: 0.8 mi
- Swift St. Beach: 0.4 mi
- Hawley Ave. Beach: 0.5 mi
- Rocky Beach: 0.6 mi
- Center Beach: 0.6 mi
- Dixson St. Beach: 0.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 3.8 mi
- World War II: 3.9 mi
- Simon Lake salvage sub wreck: 4.0 mi
- Submersible Wreck: 4.0 mi
- Jones Hill: 0.9 mi
- Burwell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Eels Hill: 1.7 mi
- Shingle Hill: 1.8 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.0 mi
- Yale Landscape Lab: 1.3 mi
- Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Truman Street Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Washington Ave Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Peace Garden At West River: 5.1 mi
- John B Pierce: 5.3 mi
- An American Dream: 5.3 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 6.5 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 6.6 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 6.6 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 7.7 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 9.0 mi
- Sperry Falls: 10.2 mi
- Indian Well Falls: 10.2 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 7.1 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.7 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.1 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 14.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
- Pond View: 14.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 14.2 mi
- Cedar Grove: 14.5 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 19.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 19.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 23.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.5 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 8.5 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 11.1 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 22.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.4 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Oyster River Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock | N 10° | 216 m | 12.4 mi |
| Great Hill | NW 322° | 202 m | 11.2 mi |
| Barn Hill | NW 306° | 200 m | 12.8 mi |
| Israel Hill | WNW 302° | 192 m | 12.0 mi |
| Rockhouse Hill | NW 322° | 192 m | 13.1 mi |
| Round Hill | N 355° | 190 m | 10.5 mi |
| Upper White Hills | NW 311° | 188 m | 11.9 mi |
| Peck Hill | NNW 345° | 171 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Gulf Beach, CT, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1051306236
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