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Sasco Hill Beach

Sasco Hill Beach from directly overhead

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.

About

The story

beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31811117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates41.12516, -73.27775

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves
  • 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
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • 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
Artworks: 55
  • 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
Attractions: 20
  • 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 sites: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 18
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade: 9.1 mi
  • Cascade: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade: 11.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Sasco Hill Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillN 9°179 m9.5 mi
Round HillN 358°170 m8.8 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 300°164 m11.1 mi
Powells HillNNW 340°159 m8.2 mi
Sport HillN 4°154 m8.1 mi
Flirt HillNNW 344°148 m9.3 mi
Staples HillN 352°144 m7.7 mi
Honey HillNW 316°143 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 8 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 6.84 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Southport, Southport Harbor, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43398220

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