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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. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the west-northwest, 11 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

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
Museums
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
Beaches
Artworks: 58
  • 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
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 56
Gardens: 52
  • 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
Attractions: 19
  • 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: 18
  • Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.3 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.5 mi
  • Pond View: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 7
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
Bald HillWNW184 m11.2 mi
Tashua HillNNE179 m9.6 mi
Comstock KnollWNW164 m10.2 mi
Powells HillNNW159 m7.9 mi
Sport HillN154 m8.2 mi
Flirt HillN148 m9.0 mi
Staples HillN144 m7.7 mi
Honey HillNW143 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 mile away — 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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