Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Whites Easement, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 12 miles off.
Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 17.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 21.6 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.2 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whites Easement: 0.2 mi
- Enders Easement: 0.4 mi
- Two Tree Island: 0.9 mi
- Lenhart Tract WLT: 0.9 mi
- Powers Tract: 1.1 mi
- Dock Road Boat Launch: 0.2 mi
- Seaside State Park: 0.8 mi
- Little League Fields South: 1.1 mi
- Spera Soccer Field: 1.5 mi
- Babe Ruth Field: 1.6 mi
- Lamphere Hill: 1.1 mi
- Durfey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Pepperbox Hill: 1.9 mi
- Stuart Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mullen Hill: 2.6 mi
- Town Beach: 2.1 mi
- Amtrak Beach: 2.2 mi
- Ocean Beach: 2.4 mi
- Osprey Beach: 2.8 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall Beach: 2.8 mi
- East Lyme Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- South Battery: 3.7 mi
- Old Fort: 3.7 mi
- United States Maritime Service Officers School: 3.8 mi
- North Battery: 3.8 mi
- Niantic Children’s Museum: 3.0 mi
- Fort Trumbull Visitor Center: 3.7 mi
- New London County Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Nathaniel Hempstead House: 4.0 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 4.1 mi
- Cascade: 7.2 mi
- Cascade: 7.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 8.3 mi
- Cascade: 15.6 mi
- Chapman Falls: 15.9 mi
- The Whale: 4.3 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 9.4 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 9.5 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 11.5 mi
- turtle rock: 11.6 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 4.2 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 6.7 mi
- Sparky: 9.4 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 9.6 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 9.6 mi
- West Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 1.7 mi
- Cutting Garden: 1.7 mi
- East Garden: 1.7 mi
- Sensory Garden: 1.9 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.3 mi
- Crow Head: 14.2 mi
- Ram Head: 17.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 17.3 mi
- Hedges Bank: 18.7 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 10.7 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.9 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 10.2 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.9 mi
- Powder House: 3.2 mi
- Skate Hut: 3.6 mi
- Old Spring: 11.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Pleasure Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridge Hill | NNW 344° | 134 m | 8.8 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NNW 340° | 120 m | 7.7 mi |
| Polly Hill | NNW 338° | 117 m | 7.3 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | N 350° | 112 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pie Hill | N 3° | 109 m | 9.4 mi |
| Gungywamp Hill | NE 36° | 108 m | 8.1 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | NNE 30° | 108 m | 9.4 mi |
| Beaverdam Hill | N 350° | 105 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43439442
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