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Rowayton Community Beach

Rowayton Community Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kulze Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

Beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Wikidata Q31811113, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.06287, -73.44568

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 4.9 mi
  • Samford Sign: 5.1 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 5.2 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.9 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kulze Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • Hart Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • Sammis Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Biersdorf, Inc. Open Space: 1.3 mi
  • Hoyts Island: 1.6 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Historic sites: 56
  • War Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 3.1 mi
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 3.1 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 3.5 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Conifer Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 7.3 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Fern Allee: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 0.5 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 2.0 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 2.1 mi
  • Earthplace: 6.8 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 27
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 13.7 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 13.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 4.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 4.3 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Rowayton Community Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW208 m11.7 mi
Nod HIllN197 m13.7 mi
Bald HillN184 m10.6 mi
Upper Bald HillN171 m11.6 mi
Comstock KnollN164 m9.9 mi
Powells HillNNE159 m13.3 mi
Honey HillN143 m12.4 mi
Huckleberry HillsN141 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 7 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Rowayton, Fivemile River, CT, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359286806

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