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Prospect Beach

Prospect Beach from directly overhead

Prospect Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Abbott Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.24815, -72.96288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Abbott Park: 0.2 mi
  • Walter Brennan Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bradley Point Park: 0.4 mi
  • Savin Rock Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ken Strong Stadium: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Shingle Hill Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ray Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Manley Heights: 2.6 mi
  • Old Town Landing: 3.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Hale Point: 3.3 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 3.4 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 3.8 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 46
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 1.7 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 4.0 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks: 23
Waterfalls: 20
Attractions: 16
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.1 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 13.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Pond View: 14.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Prospect Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN216 m11.4 mi
Great HillNW202 m11.3 mi
Meeting House HillN193 m12.4 mi
Israel HillWNW192 m12.6 mi
Round HillNNW190 m9.8 mi
Upper White HillsNW188 m12.3 mi
Peck HillNNW171 m9.4 mi
Walnut Tree HillWNW171 m11.5 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, 4 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Lighthouse Point, New Haven Harbor, CT, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267790

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