Town Beach Preserve
Town Beach Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Clark Hill stands 241 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is East Haddam Town Beach, a park 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of East Haddam
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 28.5 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Haddam Town Beach: 0.1 mi
- Connor's Way: 0.2 mi
- Lower Moodus Reservoir Boat Launch: 0.8 mi
- Nichols Field: 1.0 mi
- Pickerel Lake Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
- Moodus Sportsmen's Club: 0.1 mi
- Axelrod Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Snell-Talbot Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Bloch Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Sabine Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Major General Joseph Spencer: 3.2 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1791.: 4.5 mi
- Johm M. Ida, 1906 - 1988: 5.4 mi
- Yellow Ribbon Tree: 6.6 mi
- Lions Club Pavilion: 7.6 mi
- Cave Hill: 3.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.5 mi
- Long Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Tom: 3.8 mi
- Buckley Hill: 4.0 mi
- East Haddam Historical Society Museum: 4.3 mi
- Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Museum: 5.8 mi
- Colchester Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Thankful Arnold House: 6.0 mi
- Gillette Castle: 6.3 mi
- Face in Tree: 10.5 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 11.0 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 12.8 mi
- First Tear: 14.0 mi
- Totem Pole: 15.1 mi
- Moodus Falls: 1.0 mi
- Cascade: 3.8 mi
- Day Pond Brook Falls: 3.8 mi
- Cascade: 3.9 mi
- Chapman Falls: 3.9 mi
- Gingers Garden: 3.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 7.5 mi
- Memorial Peace Garden: 7.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.1 mi
- Burnt Hill Park Comunity Garden: 11.8 mi
- Chalker Beach: 16.2 mi
- Quotonset Beach: 16.2 mi
- Middle Beach: 16.2 mi
- Indiantown Beach: 16.2 mi
- Chapman Beach: 16.2 mi
- Mill Turbine: 1.2 mi
- Devil's Oven: 4.3 mi
- Pine Brook Falls Trailhead: 5.0 mi
- Historic Ferry: 6.5 mi
- Salmon Head Rock: 6.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 8.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.0 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 16.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 16.5 mi
- Crow Point: 17.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 3.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 14.9 mi
- Windham Spring: 18.3 mi
- Old Spring: 22.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 18.5 mi
- Powder House: 18.8 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Town Beach Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Hill | NW 314° | 241 m | 8.4 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 302° | 222 m | 9.0 mi |
| Baker Hill | NW 322° | 204 m | 6.7 mi |
| Goose Hill | WSW 240° | 201 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 275° | 199 m | 9.5 mi |
| Carter Hill | NNW 339° | 192 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tater Hill | SE 146° | 179 m | 4.3 mi |
| Buckley Hill | NE 48° | 176 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/43441464
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 6 mi
- Essex · 11 mi
- Montville · 13 mi
- East Lyme · 14 mi
- Old Lyme · 14 mi
- Old Saybrook · 15 mi
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