Sasco Hill Beach
Sasco Hill Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairfield Public Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31811117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Perry"s Green: 0.6 mi
- Pine Creek Avenue Playground: 0.7 mi
- Wakeman Boys & Girls Club: 1.0 mi
- Rugby Park: 1.0 mi
- Southport Park: 1.0 mi
- Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum: 1.7 mi
- Fairfield Museum And History Center: 1.9 mi
- Mid Fairfield Youth Museum: 5.5 mi
- Housatonic Museum of Art: 5.7 mi
- Barnum Museum: 5.8 mi
- Fairfield Public Beach: 0.3 mi
- South Pine Creek Beach: 0.5 mi
- Southport Beach: 1.0 mi
- Fairfield Beach: 1.1 mi
- Penfield Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sasco Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mill Hill: 2.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.2 mi
- Clapboard Hill: 2.3 mi
- Round Hill: 2.4 mi
- Old Dam Road Marsh Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Old Field Marsh Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Pine Creek Marsh: 0.9 mi
- Palmers Neck Park: 1.0 mi
- Welch Terrace Marsh Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Great Swamp Fight - 1637: 1.1 mi
- Powder House - 1814: 1.7 mi
- Fairfield Honor Roll: 1.9 mi
- Saint Mary’s By-The-Sea: 2.7 mi
- Ash Creek Restoration Project: 2.7 mi
- Heron: 9.5 mi
- Mother Mary: 11.1 mi
- Miniature Windmill: 11.6 mi
- Miniature Lighthouse: 11.6 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 12.9 mi
- Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
- Westport Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Drew Park Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.1 mi
- Burr Homestead: 1.8 mi
- Earthplace: 5.6 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 9.3 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 11.2 mi
- 3-town marker: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.8 mi
- Cedar Grove: 12.8 mi
- Oak Grove: 13.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 13.3 mi
- Pond View: 13.4 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 8.9 mi
- Sheep Falls: 12.2 mi
- Farmill River Falls: 13.0 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 13.3 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 14.4 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 17.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 17.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.5 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 5.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 5.9 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 9.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 9.3 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 13.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.0 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 6.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 13.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 14.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Sasco Hill Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tashua Hill | N 9° | 179 m | 9.5 mi |
| Comstock Knoll | WNW 300° | 164 m | 11.1 mi |
| Booth Hill | NNE 24° | 160 m | 11.7 mi |
| Powells Hill | NNW 340° | 159 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sport Hill | N 4° | 154 m | 8.1 mi |
| Flirt Hill | NNW 344° | 148 m | 9.3 mi |
| Staples Hill | N 352° | 144 m | 7.7 mi |
| Honey Hill | NW 316° | 143 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 8 mi away.
Mean tidal range 6.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Southport, Southport Harbor, CT, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43398220
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 14 mi
- Bayville · 21 mi
- Oyster Bay · 22 mi
- Port Chester · 22 mi
- Rye Brook · 22 mi
- Purchase · 23 mi
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