West Beach Park
West Beach Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Aspetong stands 229 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is West Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Beach: 0.2 mi
- Cummings Park Beach: 0.3 mi
- Woodway Beach Club: 0.9 mi
- Weed Beach: 1.7 mi
- Commodore Beach: 2.0 mi
- Kosciuszko Park: 0.8 mi
- Harbor Point Commons Park: 0.9 mi
- St. John's Park: 1.1 mi
- Waterside Park: 1.1 mi
- Washington Boulevard Park - Gateway Park: 1.1 mi
- Stamford Cone: 1.1 mi
- Dancing Girl: 1.2 mi
- Samford Sign: 1.3 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 4.6 mi
- The Millenium Sundial: 4.9 mi
- Statue of Columbus: 1.3 mi
- Jordan's Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Greenwich Civil War Monument: 5.1 mi
- 1BCG: 5.6 mi
- Waveny Mansion: 5.9 mi
- Whittingham Discovery Center: 1.4 mi
- Connecticut Graphis Arts Center and Museum: 2.5 mi
- Greenwich Historical Society: 3.9 mi
- Putnam Cottage Museum: 4.9 mi
- Bruce Museum: 5.2 mi
- Gus Edson Park: 1.6 mi
- Scalzi Riverwalk Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Rosa Hartman Park: 2.0 mi
- Laddin's Rock Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Helen Binney Kitchel Natural Park: 2.2 mi
- Palmer Hill: 2.8 mi
- Christie Hill: 3.3 mi
- Webbs Hill: 5.7 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 5.9 mi
- Golden Hill: 6.6 mi
- Holly Grove: 3.6 mi
- Conifer Garden: 6.5 mi
- Wildflower garden: 6.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 6.6 mi
- Tropical Garden: 6.6 mi
- Darien Arts Center: 2.8 mi
- Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 3.3 mi
- Rowayton Dog Park: 4.9 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 7.7 mi
- Earthplace: 10.6 mi
- The Meadow: 6.0 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
- Upper Education Area: 11.8 mi
- Lower Education Area: 11.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 15.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.4 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.8 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 2.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 2.0 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 8.5 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 9.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 9.2 mi
- Farms Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cascade: 14.5 mi
- Sheep Falls: 14.8 mi
- Cascade: 15.7 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 16.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 6.0 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 6.0 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Cuties Island: 0.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 20.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of West Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Aspetong | NNW 334° | 229 m | 14.4 mi |
| Guard Hill | NW 321° | 226 m | 14.7 mi |
| Fox Hill | NNW 347° | 223 m | 15.1 mi |
| Becks Hill | N 2° | 208 m | 12.7 mi |
| Indian Hill | NNW 335° | 201 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pell Hill | NNW 348° | 192 m | 15.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 11° | 184 m | 12.3 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | WNW 290° | 180 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 6 mi away.
- Canada Goose80 obs
- Ring-billed Gull78 obs
- American Herring Gull74 obs
- Common Gull58 obs
- Mallard57 obs
- Bufflehead56 obs
- Great Egret50 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly50 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/9287184
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