Beach · Connecticut
Silver Sands
- Elevation, modelled
- 0 m
- Latitude
- 41.1991
- Longitude
- -73.0654
OpenStreetMap · way/468980460
Silver Sands is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled 0 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.
State park in New Haven County, Connecticut
Dates from 1960.
Wikidata Q7516289, matched on coordinates and name (489 m apart).
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Silver Sands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Hill | NNW 347° | 202 m | 11.7 mi |
| Barn Hill | NNW 328° | 200 m | 11.8 mi |
| Moose Hill | NW 322° | 198 m | 11.8 mi |
| Israel Hill | NNW 326° | 192 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bugg Hill | NW 317° | 189 m | 11.8 mi |
| Upper White Hills | NNW 335° | 188 m | 11.4 mi |
| Tashua Hill | WNW 294° | 179 m | 10.5 mi |
| Walnut Tree Hill | NW 324° | 171 m | 9.2 mi |
- 3.5 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Beaches
- Silver Beach0.3 mi
- Walnut Beach0.7 mi
- Fort Trumbull Beach0.7 mi
- Gulf Beach1.2 mi
- Bayview Beach1.6 mi
Historic sites
- Submersible Wreck1.1 mi
- Simon Lake salvage sub wreck1.2 mi
- Liberty Rock1.6 mi
- Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine1.6 mi
- World War II1.6 mi
Peaks
- Knobb Hill1.5 mi
- Bryan Hill2.3 mi
- Merwin Hill2.7 mi
- Clark Hill2.9 mi
- Burwell Hill3.2 mi
Waterfalls31
- Farmill River Falls4.6 mi
- Cascades6.2 mi
- Cascade7.1 mi
- Cascade7.4 mi
- Indian Well Falls10.1 mi
Lighthouses6
- Keeper's Dwelling3.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light3.8 mi
- Fog Signal House3.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light6.2 mi
- Peck Ledge Light17.9 mi
Rest areas5
Ghost towns1
- Pleasure Beach5.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:48 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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