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Oyster River Beach

Oyster River Beach, a beach in Connecticut
Oyster River Beach, a beach in ConnecticutCsouthard · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

About

The story

beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31811094, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.23575, -72.98445

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
Peaks
  • 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
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens: 49
  • 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
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascades: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 24
  • 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
Attractions: 17
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • 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
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Oyster River Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN 10°216 m12.4 mi
Great HillNW 322°202 m11.2 mi
Barn HillNW 306°200 m12.8 mi
Israel HillWNW 302°192 m12.0 mi
Round HillN 355°190 m10.5 mi
Upper White HillsNW 311°188 m11.9 mi
Peck HillNNW 346°183 m10.2 mi
Peck HillNNW 345°171 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Gulf Beach, CT, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1051306236

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