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West Beach

West Beach from directly overhead

West Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is West Beach Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.03765, -73.52270

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Cummings Park Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Woodway Beach Club: 0.7 mi
  • Weed Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Commodore Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Fords Beach: 2.0 mi
Artworks
  • Stamford Cone: 1.3 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 1.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 1.5 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 4.7 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Holly Grove: 3.6 mi
  • Conifer Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 6.8 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Cottage Garden: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 54
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Meadow: 6.2 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.6 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade: 14.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascade: 15.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.1 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AspetongNNW 334°229 m14.6 mi
Guard HillNW 321°226 m14.8 mi
Fox HillNNW 347°223 m15.3 mi
Becks HillN 1°208 m12.8 mi
Indian HillNNW 335°201 m12.8 mi
Pell HillNNW 348°192 m15.3 mi
Bald HillN 11°184 m12.4 mi
Reynolds HillWNW 290°180 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 6 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.17 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Stamford, CT, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/380283292

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