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West Silver Sands Beach

West Silver Sands Beach from directly overhead

West Silver Sands Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. High Rock stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Sands Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

beach in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31811143, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.24369, -72.88484

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Fort Hale Point: 2.1 mi
  • East Haven Fire Department Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 2.4 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Museums
Gardens: 46
Waterfalls: 34
Artworks: 22
  • John B Pierce: 4.7 mi
  • An American Dream: 4.8 mi
  • Beacon of Hope: 6.1 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 6.1 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 2.0 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 6.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Bear Cave: 12.5 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.6 mi
  • Pond View: 18.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.9 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of West Silver Sands Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNNW 346°216 m12.0 mi
Mount CarmelN 359°206 m12.9 mi
Round HillNNW 328°190 m11.6 mi
Peck HillNW 321°183 m12.1 mi
Totoket MountainNNE 30°176 m12.3 mi
Peck HillNW 319°171 m11.8 mi
East SugarloafNE 41°156 m12.1 mi
Prospect HillNW 324°153 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

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, 1 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Lighthouse Point, New Haven Harbor, CT, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/355193671

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