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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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
Beaches
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Hale Point: 3.3 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 3.4 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 3.5 mi
Peaks
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
Gardens: 48
  • 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
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascade: 5.1 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Wepawaug Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 18
  • 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: 5
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Prospect Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN 5°216 m11.4 mi
Great HillNW 315°202 m11.3 mi
Meeting House HillN 352°193 m12.4 mi
Round HillNNW 348°190 m9.8 mi
Upper White HillsNW 305°188 m12.3 mi
Peck HillNNW 338°183 m9.7 mi
Peck HillNNW 337°171 m9.4 mi
Walnut Tree HillWNW 291°171 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 miaway — 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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