Shennecossett Beach
Shennecossett Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Morgan Hill stands 120 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Avery Point Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 14 miles off.
The story
Beach in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31811123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 14.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 19.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 23.2 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birch Plain Creek Wildlife Area: 1.0 mi
- Birch Plain Creek Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Seabreeze Drive: 1.9 mi
- William A. Niering Natural Area Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Winthrop Estates: 2.9 mi
- Averys Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pepperbox Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fort Griswold Hill: 2.4 mi
- Stuart Hill: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 2.6 mi
- Fort Trumbull Visitor Center: 2.1 mi
- Ebenezer Avery House and Museum: 2.4 mi
- Groton Monument House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 2.6 mi
- New London County Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Avery Point Beach: 0.1 mi
- Osprey Beach: 1.2 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 1.3 mi
- Bushy Point Beach: 1.4 mi
- Bluff Point Beach: 1.7 mi
- Bayberry Lane Boat Launch: 0.6 mi
- Green Harbor Park: 2.0 mi
- Fort Trumbull State Park: 2.0 mi
- Waterford Beach Park: 2.0 mi
- Caulkins Park: 2.1 mi
- South Battery: 2.0 mi
- Gov. John Winthrop Jr. Homestead: 2.0 mi
- Avery Memorial Monument: 2.0 mi
- Old Fort: 2.1 mi
- North Battery: 2.1 mi
- The Whale: 2.7 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.2 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 7.5 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 7.6 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 3.2 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 3.4 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 5.6 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.2 mi
- Mjolnir: 6.9 mi
- Cutting Garden: 2.5 mi
- East Garden: 2.5 mi
- West Garden: 2.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.6 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 4.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 10.0 mi
- Yantic Falls: 14.8 mi
- Chapman Falls: 18.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 22.1 mi
- Succor Brook Falls: 22.2 mi
- Crow Head: 15.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 15.5 mi
- Ram Head: 19.9 mi
- Hedges Bank: 20.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 20.8 mi
- Powder House: 3.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 21.2 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 21.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 11.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.1 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 6.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 10.9 mi
- Old Spring: 8.1 mi
- Factory Pond: 24.9 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Shennecossett Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | NW 314° | 120 m | 9.1 mi |
| Polly Hill | NW 312° | 117 m | 8.8 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | NW 319° | 112 m | 7.8 mi |
| Pie Hill | NNW 338° | 109 m | 9.1 mi |
| Gungywamp Hill | N 8° | 108 m | 5.7 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | N 6° | 108 m | 7.2 mi |
| Beaverdam Hill | NW 323° | 105 m | 8.9 mi |
| Haughton Mountain | NNW 347° | 103 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 1 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.56 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NEW LONDON, State Pier, CT, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1204552636
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