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Silver Sands Beach

Silver Sands Beach, a beach in Connecticut
Silver Sands Beach, a beach in ConnecticutBfwalach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Silver Sands Beach, a beach in Connecticut
Len Blumin from Mill Valley, California, United States · CC BY 2.0

Silver Sands Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is West Silver Sands Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.24454, -72.87760

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites: 58
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 2.2 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • World War Memorial: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Raynham Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Chidsey Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Branford Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Reservoir Hill: 3.4 mi
Gardens: 45
Artworks: 23
  • John B Pierce: 4.9 mi
  • An American Dream: 4.9 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 6.1 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 6.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Attractions: 17
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 1.7 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.3 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 16.0 mi
  • Pond View: 19.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.3 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Silver Sands Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW216 m12.1 mi
Mount CarmelN206 m12.9 mi
Meeting House HillNNW193 m14.0 mi
Round HillNNW190 m11.8 mi
Totoket MountainNNE176 m12.0 mi
Peck HillNW171 m12.0 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNE167 m13.9 mi
East SugarloafNE156 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

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, 1 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Lighthouse Point, New Haven Harbor, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359269501

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