Nature reserve · Connecticut

Clinton Town Beach

Clinton Town Beach from directly overhead

Clinton Town Beach is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Goose Hill stands 201 m to the north, 12 miles off. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Town of Clinton

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.26736, -72.51943

13.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
29.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National

Overlooks nearby

Bluff Overlook · 13 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches

Parks

Waterside Green Park: 0.2 mi
Lafayette Green: 0.6 mi
Liberty Green: 0.7 mi
Hammonasset Natural Area Preserve: 1.3 mi
Salt Meadow Park: 1.6 mi

Nature reserves

Historic sites

Lafayette's Tour: 0.7 mi
Clinton Police Department Memorial: 0.7 mi
Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.7 mi
Abraham Pierson Statue: 0.7 mi
Charles Morgan Statue: 0.7 mi

Museums

Clinton Historical Society: 0.7 mi
Captain Elisha White House Museum: 0.7 mi
Stanton House Museum: 0.7 mi
Meigs Point Nature Center: 1.7 mi
Allis-Bushnell House and Museum: 3.9 mi

Peaks

Meeting House Hill: 0.8 mi
Cedar Knoll: 1.8 mi
Camp Hill: 2.7 mi
Murdock Hill: 2.8 mi
Cow Hill: 3.3 mi

Gardens46

Butterfly Garden: 1.7 mi
Native Plant Gardens: 5.1 mi
Madison Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
Memorial Garden: 6.9 mi
Lillian's Garden: 7.6 mi

Waterfalls31

Nineveh Falls: 7.9 mi
Cascade: 9.9 mi
Clark Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
Cascade: 12.6 mi
Succor Brook Falls: 13.6 mi

Attractions29

Stone Table: 6.3 mi
Lavender Pond Farm: 7.2 mi
Dinosaur Rock: 10.2 mi
Historic Ferry: 11.4 mi
Dodge Dump Truck: 12.4 mi

Artworks19

James Madison: 4.3 mi
Totem Pole: 6.5 mi
Lion Gardner Statue: 8.7 mi
snake: 12.5 mi
Big Bird: 17.0 mi

Cliffs10

Pine Ledge: 8.8 mi
Chimney Corner: 10.2 mi
Candlewood Ledge: 12.2 mi
Broomstick Ledges: 13.0 mi
Bluff Head: 13.5 mi

Rest areas3

Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 4.9 mi
Wallingford Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 22.9 mi

Picnic sites3

Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Powder House: 21.6 mi
Skate Hut: 21.7 mi

Lighthouses1

Saybrook Breakwater Light: 9.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Johnsonville Village: 15.7 mi

Springs1

Cold Spring: 20.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Clinton Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Goose Hill	N 349°	201 m	12.4 mi
Long Hill	N 3°	154 m	12.4 mi
Turkey Hill	N 2°	140 m	11.6 mi
Turkey Hill	N 6°	138 m	10.4 mi
Wig Hill	N 11°	128 m	9.7 mi
Tower Hill	N 0°	126 m	6.2 mi
Buell Hill	NNW 333°	119 m	6.6 mi
Honey Hill	NE 42°	114 m	11.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:54	18:26	19:02
June solstice	05:18	19:46	20:27
September equinox	06:38	18:13	18:49
December solstice	07:13	15:40	16:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	32	32	39	50	57	67	75	74	67	57	47	39

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43398670

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