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Rocky Beach

Rocky Beach from directly overhead

Rocky Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Oyster River Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.23593, -72.97344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Anderson Ave. Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Spencer Street Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Abbott Park: 0.9 mi
  • Trubee Doolittle Park: 0.9 mi
  • Walter Brennan Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Fort Hale Point: 4.3 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Wounded combat veterans’ monument: 4.4 mi
  • Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Shingle Hill Park: 2.0 mi
  • Ray Park: 2.4 mi
  • Manley Heights: 2.9 mi
  • Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
  • Old Town Landing: 4.2 mi
Museums
Gardens: 49
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 1.7 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Peace Garden At West River: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascades: 8.3 mi
  • Cascade: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 24
Attractions: 18
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.3 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 11.8 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.6 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Pond View: 14.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Rocky Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockN 8°216 m12.3 mi
Great HillNW 320°202 m11.5 mi
Israel HillWNW 301°192 m12.5 mi
Round HillN 352°190 m10.5 mi
Upper White HillsNW 309°188 m12.4 mi
Peck HillNNW 343°183 m10.3 mi
Peck HillNNW 342°171 m10.0 mi
Walnut Tree HillWNW 296°171 m11.3 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 Lighthouse Point, New Haven Harbor, CT, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359268242

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