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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 138 m to the north, 10 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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.27317, -72.46477

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites: 59
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
Nature reserves
Gardens: 39
Attractions: 26
  • 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
Waterfalls: 21
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 12.0 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillN138 m10.1 mi
Mount ArcherNNE136 m10.6 mi
Wig HillN128 m9.2 mi
Tower HillNNW126 m6.4 mi
Nickerson HillNE123 m11.2 mi
Buell HillNW119 m8.0 mi
Honey HillNNE114 m9.9 mi
Brown HillNE112 m10.9 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 mile away — 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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