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Short Beach

Short Beach from directly overhead

Short Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Farm River State Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

human settlement in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q7501726, matched on coordinates and name (817 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.25260, -72.85427

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Beaches
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Branford Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Raynham Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Chidsey Hill: 2.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 1.7 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 1.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 46
Waterfalls: 32
Artworks: 23
  • John B Pierce: 5.3 mi
  • An American Dream: 5.4 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 6.0 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 6.4 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 0.5 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Bear Cave: 11.0 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
  • Pond View: 20.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 20.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 10.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Short Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 338°216 m11.9 mi
Mount CarmelN 351°206 m12.4 mi
Round HillNW 320°190 m12.1 mi
Peck HillNW 313°183 m12.7 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 25°176 m11.0 mi
Peck HillNW 312°171 m12.5 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE 39°167 m12.7 mi
East SugarloafNE 37°156 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:50
December solstice07:1415:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 2 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Branford, Branford River, CT, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/359283085

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