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Waterford Beach Park

Waterford Beach Park from directly overhead

Waterford Beach Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Ridge Hill stands 134 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 13 miles off.

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Coordinates41.30757, -72.10490

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pepperbox Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Stuart Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Lamphere Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mallory Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Averys Hill: 3.4 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 21
  • Cascade: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.6 mi
  • Silver Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Cascade: 17.0 mi
Artworks: 20
Gardens: 17
  • Sensory Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 0.5 mi
  • East Garden: 0.6 mi
  • West Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 0.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Waterford Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ridge HillNNW 331°134 m9.5 mi
Morgan HillNNW 327°120 m8.6 mi
Polly HillNW 324°117 m8.2 mi
Konomoc HillNNW 334°112 m7.5 mi
Pie HillN 350°109 m9.4 mi
Gungywamp HillNNE 22°108 m7.0 mi
Vinegar HillNNE 18°108 m8.5 mi
Beaverdam HillNNW 336°105 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3916:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239485766727265544537
Precip in2.72.23.83.63.33.33.23.33.83.73.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton NEW London AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull73 obs
  • Brant68 obs
  • Osprey66 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant62 obs
  • Song Sparrow52 obs
  • Common Tern50 obs
  • Monarch48 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull42 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43439316

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