Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pawson Park Marsh Wildlife Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 24.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pawson Park Marsh Wildlife Area: 0.5 mi
- Pawnson Park: 0.5 mi
- Parker Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Branford River Boat Launch: 1.1 mi
- Foote Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Pebbley Beach: 0.5 mi
- Montowese Beach: 1.0 mi
- Front Beach: 1.1 mi
- Limewood Beach: 1.4 mi
- Short Beach: 1.9 mi
- Short Beach Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Farm River State Park: 2.2 mi
- Beacon Hill Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Bradford Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Bob's Woods: 2.6 mi
- Harrison House Museum: 2.0 mi
- Connecticut Trolley Museum: 2.6 mi
- The Shore Line Trolley Museum: 2.9 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 3.7 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 6.8 mi
- World War II: 2.1 mi
- Cenotaph: 2.3 mi
- Branford: 2.3 mi
- Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 3.1 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 3.1 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 2.2 mi
- Branford Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.5 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.6 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.9 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 6.2 mi
- Washington Ave Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Truman Street Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Cascade: 5.9 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cascade: 11.6 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 11.9 mi
- Sperry Falls: 12.7 mi
- John B Pierce: 7.0 mi
- An American Dream: 7.0 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 7.3 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 7.9 mi
- Turtle Statue: 8.1 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 1.9 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 6.1 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 9.3 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.1 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 13.1 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
- Pond View: 22.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 22.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 22.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 12.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 12.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Chimney Corner: 5.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 20.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 16.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 16.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 19.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 19.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 24.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Sunset Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock | NNW 330° | 216 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNE 18° | 210 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNW 343° | 206 m | 13.1 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 315° | 190 m | 13.5 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NNE 15° | 176 m | 10.6 mi |
| Quonnipaug Mountain | NNE 31° | 167 m | 11.8 mi |
| East Sugarloaf | NNE 27° | 156 m | 9.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NW 310° | 153 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Branford, Branford River, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359283183
Day trips start here
- Essex · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 27 mi
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