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Villa Rosa Terrace Beach

Villa Rosa Terrace Beach from directly overhead

Villa Rosa Terrace Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Burwells Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Borough of Woodmont

How to reach it

Coordinates41.22332, -73.00034

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Village Park: 0.3 mi
  • Borough Hall Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fannie Beach Community Center: 0.4 mi
  • Dixson Street End: 0.5 mi
  • Brewster Field: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Burwell Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Eels Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Clark Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Merwin Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bryan Hill: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 3.0 mi
  • Ward Heitmann House Museum: 4.4 mi
  • National Art Museum of Sport: 5.1 mi
  • Americana Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 51
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 2.1 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 5.8 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascade: 5.7 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade: 8.1 mi
  • Wintergreen Falls: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 24
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 5.8 mi
  • John B Pierce: 6.5 mi
  • An American Dream: 6.5 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 16
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 8.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.4 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.6 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 9.5 mi
  • Pond View: 13.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Villa Rosa Terrace Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNNW 328°202 m11.4 mi
Barn HillNW 311°200 m12.7 mi
Moose HillNW 305°198 m13.1 mi
Israel HillNW 308°192 m11.9 mi
Round HillN 359°190 m11.3 mi
Upper White HillsNW 317°188 m11.9 mi
Peck HillN 351°183 m10.9 mi
Walnut Tree HillWNW 303°171 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:27

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, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Gulf Beach, CT, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/818934451

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