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Quotonset Beach

Quotonset Beach from directly overhead

Quotonset Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Turkey Hill stands 140 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town R.O.W (Middle Beach), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.

The story

beach in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31811109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27938, -72.44907

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Open Space (Magna Lane): 0.3 mi
  • Westbrook Town Green: 0.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Town Park: 2.3 mi
  • Kirtland Landing: 2.3 mi
  • Old Saybrook Town Beach: 3.0 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Murdock Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Tom: 1.9 mi
  • Toby Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Ingham Hill: 3.1 mi
Gardens: 37
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 8.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Table: 4.8 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 9.7 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 30
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 1.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Quotonset Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW 344°140 m11.2 mi
Turkey HillNNW 345°138 m9.9 mi
Mount ArcherNNE 29°136 m9.8 mi
Wig HillNNW 348°128 m8.9 mi
Tower HillNW 326°126 m6.4 mi
Nickerson HillNE 38°123 m10.4 mi
Buell HillNW 307°119 m8.4 mi
Honey HillNNE 29°114 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 14 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Westbrook, Duck Island Roads, CT, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267937

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