Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Aborn Subdivision Open Space, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Ellington
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 29.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Aborn Subdivision Open Space: 0.2 mi
- South Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Lakeview Avenue Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Wendell Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Stafford Road Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 0.6 mi
- Crystal Springs: 2.4 mi
- North Cemetery: 2.6 mi
- Olympic Circle: 3.6 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 4.2 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 4.2 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 4.8 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 5.3 mi
- The Walking Wall: 10.5 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 10.5 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 10.5 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 10.5 mi
- The Arc: 10.5 mi
- Kendall Hill: 0.9 mi
- Newell Hill: 1.0 mi
- Murry Hill: 1.1 mi
- Neff Hill: 1.5 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.6 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.6 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 11.4 mi
- Old root cellar: 11.5 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 4.5 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.3 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 10.4 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 10.4 mi
- filled-in well: 7.8 mi
- Goat Rock: 9.5 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.4 mi
- Path Continues: 13.1 mi
- The Dreamyard: 14.5 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 5.8 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 9.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 10.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 13.1 mi
- Case Falls: 13.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 10.5 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.5 mi
- Indian Leap: 16.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 7.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 12.8 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 17.5 mi
- Streeter Beach: 17.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
- Picnic: 16.0 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 18.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | NE 55° | 396 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | ENE 72° | 371 m | 9.5 mi |
| Stickney Hill | ENE 66° | 371 m | 10.6 mi |
| Snow Hill | E 79° | 362 m | 8.5 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | ENE 78° | 361 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ENE 67° | 354 m | 7.8 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NE 37° | 352 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 37° | 347 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439722
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