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Pleasure Beach

Pleasure Beach from directly overhead

Pleasure Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Israel Hill stands 192 m to the north, 12 miles off. Merritt Parkway passes 5.4 miles off.

About

The story

Ghost town in Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q7204272, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.15845, -73.16955

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Perry Memorial Archway: 1.1 mi
  • Gustave Whitehead First In Flight: 2.5 mi
  • Clinton Park Militia Grounds Bicentenial Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Ye Olde King's Highway: 2.8 mi
  • White Oak: 2.8 mi
Beaches
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Gypsy Springs Open Space: 3.3 mi
  • The Preserve at Saint Mary's-by-the-Sea: 3.4 mi
  • Stratford Point Reserve: 3.4 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 3.5 mi
  • Ash Creek Open Space: 3.6 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 2.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 6.1 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Heron: 6.0 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 6.2 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
  • Mother Mary: 7.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Farmill River Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cascades: 8.7 mi
  • Cascade: 9.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Burr Homestead: 4.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 9.4 mi
  • Earthplace: 11.0 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 11.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Grove: 3.7 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 7.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Pleasure Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Israel HillN 357°192 m11.8 mi
Bugg HillNNW 347°189 m11.7 mi
Tashua HillNNW 329°179 m8.2 mi
Walnut Tree HillN 360°171 m10.2 mi
Round HillNW 318°170 m8.7 mi
Hirams HillNNW 333°167 m10.8 mi
Booth HillN 354°160 m8.4 mi
Powells HillWNW 302°159 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1515:4316:28

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, 2 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 6.74 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/716898367

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