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Southport Beach

Southport Beach, a beach in Connecticut
Southport Beach, a beach in ConnecticutWalkingGeek · CC BY 2.0

Southport Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Tashua Hill stands 179 m to the north-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is H. Smith Richardson Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Fairfield
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.12544, -73.29731

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Wakeman Boys & Girls Club: 0.8 mi
  • Perry"s Green: 0.9 mi
  • Machamux Park: 1.1 mi
  • Southport Park: 1.2 mi
  • Pine Creek Avenue Playground: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Sasco Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mill Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Benjamin Hill: 2.4 mi
Gardens
  • Westport Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 6.2 mi
Museums
Artworks: 60
  • Heron: 10.1 mi
  • Mother Mary: 11.7 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 12.3 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Burr Homestead: 2.6 mi
  • Earthplace: 4.6 mi
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 8.4 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 10.3 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
  • The Meadow: 12.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 16.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Southport Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tashua HillNNE 15°179 m9.6 mi
Round HillN 5°170 m8.8 mi
Comstock KnollWNW 303°164 m10.2 mi
Powells HillNNW 347°159 m7.9 mi
Sport HillN 11°154 m8.2 mi
Flirt HillN 350°148 m9.0 mi
Staples HillN 360°144 m7.7 mi
Honey HillNW 320°143 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:05
June solstice05:2219:4820:30
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, 9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43399354

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