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Robert G. Beach Memorial Park

Robert G. Beach Memorial Park from directly overhead

Robert G. Beach Memorial Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Eden Hill stands 240 m to the northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert G. Beach Memorial Park World War II Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 1.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.25554, -73.18467

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 4.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 4.6 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 5.9 mi
Beaches
Waterfalls: 33
  • Cascades: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade: 3.9 mi
  • Farmill River Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 26
  • Heron: 0.8 mi
  • Mother Mary: 1.1 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 4.1 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 3.1 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.6 mi
  • 3-town marker: 9.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 9.8 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 4.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 4.9 mi
  • Pond View: 5.0 mi
  • Oak Grove: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Robert G. Beach Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eden HillNW 308°240 m8.6 mi
Redding RidgeWNW 296°214 m9.7 mi
Meekers HillWNW 295°203 m9.0 mi
Great HillNNE 25°202 m8.2 mi
Barn HillN 360°200 m6.1 mi
Moose HillNNW 348°198 m5.4 mi
Israel HillN 3°192 m5.1 mi
Rockhouse HillNNE 15°192 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer20 obs
  • Northern Cardinal16 obs
  • common mugwort14 obs
  • garlic mustard14 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • American Toad12 obs
  • multiflora rose12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43399001

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