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Sandy Beach

Sandy Beach from directly overhead

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

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Ellington
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.93198, -72.37218

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 4.6 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.9 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 11.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 57
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 4.5 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 57
  • filled-in well: 7.8 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cascade: 3.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascades: 9.5 mi
  • Cascades: 9.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Rd: 23.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic: 16.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 4.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 4.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNE 55°396 m10.3 mi
Bald HillENE 72°371 m9.5 mi
Stickney HillENE 66°371 m10.6 mi
Snow HillE 79°362 m8.5 mi
Lead Mine HillENE 78°361 m9.8 mi
Hedgehog HillENE 67°354 m7.8 mi
Tupper HillNE 37°352 m8.6 mi
Bear HillNE 37°347 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43439722

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