Litchfield Town Beach
Litchfield Town Beach is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee
What the record says
- Elevation
- 278 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Windmill Hill: 0.5 mi
- Wheeler Hill: 0.6 mi
- Church Hill: 0.9 mi
- Barney Hill: 1.0 mi
- Plumb Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bantam Civic Association: 0.9 mi
- No Mans Land Swamp: 2.2 mi
- White Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Wigwam Brook Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Wigwam Brook Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 2.2 mi
- Mill Ruins: 7.6 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 8.7 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 8.8 mi
- Miller Family Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Litchfield Community Field: 2.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Sunnyfield: 3.6 mi
- Town Green: 5.4 mi
- Nystrom Park: 5.8 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 6.1 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 6.1 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 6.1 mi
- New Preston Falls: 7.6 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 7.7 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 2.9 mi
- Peter's Forge: 3.9 mi
- Bellamy-Ferriday Garden: 5.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 5.4 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 5.4 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 3.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 6.4 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.3 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 13.8 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 13.8 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 6.1 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 8.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Ravens Roost: 11.5 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 0.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 2.1 mi
- Waterfront: 10.8 mi
- Boating Side: 10.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 10.5 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 14.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 14.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 14.5 mi
- Maori Head: 14.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 15.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 18.1 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 15.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Litchfield Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Mountain | NNW 331° | 513 m | 8.3 mi |
| Above All | W 276° | 450 m | 7.0 mi |
| Peck Mountain | NW 309° | 447 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hogshead | NW 319° | 446 m | 7.9 mi |
| Town Hill | WNW 291° | 429 m | 5.5 mi |
| City Hill | WNW 282° | 413 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pie Hill | N 6° | 412 m | 6.2 mi |
| Milton Hill | NNW 341° | 408 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 14 mi away.
- buttonbush71 obs
- pickerelweed50 obs
- American Beaver45 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage44 obs
- ragged-robin44 obs
- winterberry holly40 obs
- Painted Turtle38 obs
- white turtlehead38 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/43437435
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