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West Beach

West Beach, a beach in Connecticut
West Beach, a beach in ConnecticutU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region · CC BY 2.0

West Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Turkey Hill stands 140 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Seaside Avenue Open Space, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.27317, -72.46477

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Murdock Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Tom: 2.2 mi
  • Toby Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 3.5 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 43
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 7.7 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Nineveh Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cascade: 11.6 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Cascade: 12.8 mi
  • Succor Brook Falls: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Stone Table: 5.2 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 7.9 mi
  • Historic Ferry: 10.2 mi
  • Salmon Head Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 20
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 2.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW 348°140 m11.4 mi
Turkey HillN 350°138 m10.1 mi
Mount ArcherNNE 31°136 m10.6 mi
Wig HillN 353°128 m9.2 mi
Tower HillNNW 334°126 m6.4 mi
Nickerson HillNE 40°123 m11.2 mi
Buell HillNW 313°119 m8.0 mi
Honey HillNNE 32°114 m9.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1819:4520:27
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 15 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Westbrook, Duck Island Roads, CT, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359271820

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