Uncas Point Beach
Uncas Point Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwich Island, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Beach in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31811137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Palmer Hill: 3.6 mi
- Christie Hill: 6.0 mi
- South Ridge: 6.0 mi
- Webbs Hill: 7.1 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 7.1 mi
- Fords Beach: 1.0 mi
- Harbor Point Beach: 1.4 mi
- Woodway Beach Club: 2.7 mi
- West Beach: 2.9 mi
- Cummings Park Beach: 3.1 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- Bruce Museum: 2.8 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 3.1 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 3.2 mi
- Connecticut Graphis Arts Center and Museum: 5.4 mi
- Greenwich Point Park: 0.7 mi
- Binney Park: 1.6 mi
- Binney Park - Hillside Annex: 1.7 mi
- Binney Park - The Reading Room: 1.7 mi
- John J. Boccuzzi Park: 1.8 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 2.6 mi
- Stamford Cone: 2.7 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 2.9 mi
- Samford Sign: 3.0 mi
- Dancing Girl: 3.1 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 5.2 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 5.7 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 6.2 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 7.7 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 9.7 mi
- Greenwich Island: 0.5 mi
- Diving Island: 1.7 mi
- Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park: 1.8 mi
- Laddin's Rock Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Rosa Hartman Park: 2.1 mi
- Holly Grove: 0.8 mi
- South Lake Walk: 6.6 mi
- East Woodland Walk: 6.7 mi
- West Woodland Walk: 6.7 mi
- Water Lily Garden: 6.8 mi
- Statue of Columbus: 3.1 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 3.3 mi
- 1BCG: 4.9 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Civil War Monument Park: 5.4 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 6.4 mi
- Upper Education Area: 10.4 mi
- Lower Education Area: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 14.6 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 14.6 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.1 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Raven's Rock: 14.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 1.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 7.9 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 9.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 11.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.9 mi
- Farms Falls: 8.1 mi
- Sheep Falls: 17.3 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 19.6 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 22.0 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 24.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 8.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 8.7 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 3.3 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 23.2 mi
- The Silver Spring: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Uncas Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | NNW 345° | 229 m | 15.4 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNW 332° | 226 m | 15.0 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NW 316° | 219 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NW 309° | 216 m | 14.9 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NW 319° | 213 m | 15.9 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | WNW 298° | 211 m | 14.4 mi |
| Becks Hill | N 10° | 208 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 19° | 184 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cos Cob Harbor, CT, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359287398
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