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List Of Beaches In New England
This is a list of beaches in New England sorted by state then town. Beaches are not exclusively all on seashores but may also be located on lakes, rivers or other bodies of water. Connecticut Connecticut's southern shore with of tidal coastline offers many beaches on the Long Island Sound and inland: *Bridgeport ** Pleasure Beach ** Seaside Park * Brookfield ** Brookfield Town Beach (not on shoreline) ** Lillinonah Woods Beach (not on shoreline) * Clinton ** Clinton Town Beach *Colchester ** Day Pond State Park (not on shoreline) *Coventry ** Lisicke Beach ** Patriots Park * East Lyme **Rocky Neck State Park ** McCook's Beach ** Hole in the Wall Beach * Ellington ** Sandy Beach on Crystal Lake * Fairfield ** Jennings Beach ** Lake Mohegan ** Penfield Beach and Rickards Beach ** Sasco Beach ** Southport Beach ** South Pine Creek Beach * Griswold **Hopeville Pond State Park (not on shoreline) * Guilford ** Lake Quonnipaug ** Jacob's Beach * Groton ** Bluff Point Beach ** Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Lyme, Connecticut
East Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,693 at the 2020 census. The villages of Niantic and Flanders are located in the town. Geography East Lyme is located in southern New London County, west of Waterford and Montville, east of Lyme and Old Lyme, and south of Salem. Long Island Sound is to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 19%, is water. Villages The town consists primarily of two villages, Flanders and Niantic. It is common for the town of East Lyme to be erroneously called "Niantic", due to this side of town being the "beach" side which is popular with tourists and visitors in the summer months. Niantic's population doubles in the summer months for the beach season, and it has a much higher density than the more sparsely populated Flanders side of town, which is known for its apple orchards, the town's high school, and the forest. Niantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southport Beach
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish Sea coast and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary. The town is north of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the town was founded in 1792 when William Sutton, an innkeeper from Churchtown, built a bathing house at what is now the south end of Lord Street.''North Meols and Southport – a History'', Chapter 9, Peter Aughton (1988) At that time, the area, known as South Hawes, was sparsely populated and dominated by sand dunes. At the turn of the 19th century, the area became popular with tourists due to the easy access from the nearby Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The rapid growth of Southport largely coincided with the Industrial Revolution and the Victorian e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasco Beach
Sasco is a ghost town located in Pinal County, Arizona, west of Red Rock. Sasco, which is an acronym for the Southern Arizona Smelter Company, was a company town with a large smelter that served several mines. Once an impressive and little-known ghost town, today Sasco is a common sporting destination with shotgun shells, airsoft bb's, paintball splatter, and litter in the area. History Sasco owes its existence to the Development Company of America (DCA), which was headed by Governor Oakes Murphy's brother, Frank M. Murphy. Murphy believed that by consolidating the various mines, railroad, and processing companies in the Silver Bell Mountains into one single organization under his control, mining operations would be much more effective and profitable. Murphy's plan was years ahead of its time, because it called for the creation of one large mine that would employ hundreds of workers over a large area, as opposed to most other mines, which were still operated on a small scale, by o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickards Beach
Rickards is an English surname. It is closely related to the surnames Rickard and Richards. Rickards may refer to: *Ashley Rickards, American actor *Barrie Rickards, British paleontologist *Clint Rickards, New Zealand police officer *Edwin Alfred Rickards, British architect *Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress *Esther Rickards (1893–1977), British surgeon and politician *Sir George Kettilby Rickards *George William Rickards, Member of Parliament *Harry Rickards, British-born comedian *James Rickards, American lawyer and financial commentator *Jocelyn Rickards (1924–2005), Australian costume designer * John Rickards (author), British crime-writer *John Rickards (priest), South African Anglican priest * John E. Rickards, American politician *Ken Rickards, West-Indian cricketer *Samuel Rickards, British clergyman *Scott Rickards, British footballer *Tudor Rickards Tudor Rickards (born 1941 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a self published author of non-fiction and fiction, a business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penfield Beach
Penfield may refer to: Places *Penfield, Georgia *Penfield, Illinois *Penfield, New York *Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio *Penfield, Pennsylvania *Penfield, South Australia *Penfield Gardens, South Australia Transportation *Penfield railway line, Adelaide, South Australia **Penfield 1 railway station **Penfield 2 railway station **Penfield 3 railway station *Penfield station (SEPTA), in Haverford Township, Pennsylvania Other uses *Doctor Penfield Avenue, Montreal *Louis Penfield House, Ohio, built by Frank Lloyd Wright *Penfield Academy, Quebec *Penfield Central School District, New York *Penfield High School, New York *Penfield homunculus, a distorted representation of the human body *Penfield Library, State University of New York at Oswego *Penfield Reef, extending from Fairfield, Connecticut to the Long Island Sound *Penfield Reef Light, Connecticut *Penfield (surname), including a list of people with the name *Penfield Outdoor Apparel, a Massachusetts clothing company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Mohegan
Lake Mohegan, commonly known as Mohegan Lake, is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York, United States. There is a private lake, Mohegan Lake, also known as "Lake Mohegan", with beaches which are occasionally closed for swimming due to harmful algal blooms. The town was home to several former summer bungalow colonies in the 1950s and 1960s. They included the Skyview Colony and Lakeview Colony off U.S. Route 6. Etymology Mohegan Lake was named "Lake Mohegan" in 1859 by William Jones, who owned the Mount Pleasant Hotel on the eastern side of the lake. The Mohegan were a tribe of Native Americans once associated with the Pequot of easternmost Connecticut, who were pushed successively west to the area of the Housatonic River during the 17th and into the 18th century. There is no indication of them ever inhabiting northern Westchester County in the vicinity of Peekskill, or any other nearby area. The change in syntax, rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennings Beach
Jennings is a surname of early medieval English origin (also the Anglicised version of the Irish surnames Mac Sheóinín or MacJonin). Notable people with the surname include: *Jennings (Swedish noble family) A–G *Adam Jennings (born 1982), American football player *Al Jennings (1863–1961), American attorney in Oklahoma Territory, train robber and silent film star *Alex Jennings (born 1957), British actor *Andrew Jennings (1943–2022), British investigative journalist *Anfernee Jennings (born 1997), American football player *Asa Jennings (1877–1933), American who commanded the evacuation of refugees after the Great Fire of Smyrna *Bernard Jennings (1929–2017), British local historian and adult educationist *Billy Jennings (born 1952), English footballer *Billy Jennings (Welsh footballer) (1893–1968), Welsh footballer *Brandon Jennings (born 1989), American basketball player *Brent Jennings (born 1951), American actor *Brian Jennings, American football player *Bryant Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Located within the New York metropolitan area, it is around 43 miles northeast of Midtown Manhattan. As of 2020 the town had a population of 61,512. History Colonial era In 1635, Puritans and Congregationalists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, were dissatisfied with the rate of Anglican reform, and sought to establish an ecclesiastical society subject to their own rules and regulations. The Massachusetts General Court granted them permission to settle in the towns of Windsor, Wethersfield, and Hartford which is an area now known as Connecticut. On January 14, 1639, a set of legal and administrative regulations called the Fundamental Orders was adopted and established Connecticut as a self-ruling entity. By 1639, these settlers had started new towns in the surrounding areas. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crystal Lake, Connecticut
Crystal Lake is a village, census-designated place, and part of the town of Ellington, in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,945 at the 2010 census. The CDP includes an eponymous lake. Geography The CDP is home to Crystal Lake, a lake that straddles the border between Ellington and Stafford. Most of the lake shore is occupied by private residences, but there is a small public beach called Sandy Beach on the south side of the lake. The lake has an average depth of , a maximum depth of and an elevation of . According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 20.9 km (8.1 mi2). 20.2 km (7.8 mi2) of it is land and 0.7 km (0.3 mi2) of it (3.35%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,459 people, 552 households, and 421 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 72.2/km (187.1/mi2). There were 634 housing units at an average density of 31.4/km (81.3/mi2). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Beach (Connecticut)
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Sandy Beach may refer to: Gaming * ''Sandy Beach'' (video game) Canada * Sandy Beach, Alberta, a village * Sandy Beach, Saskatchewan, a defunct village United States * Sandy Beach (Oahu), a beach in Hawaii * Sandy Beach, New York, a hamlet See also * Sand Beach (other) * Beach (other) * Sand (other) Sand is a naturally occurring, finely divided rock. Sand may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Sand, alias of DC Comics fictional character Sandy Hawkins * Elia Sand, a character in ''Game of Thrones'' *Sandma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellington, Connecticut
Ellington is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. Ellington was incorporated in May 1786, from East Windsor. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 16,426. History Originally the area in what is now Ellington was named by the natives as “Weexskashuck” which translates to “Great Marsh”. The earliest settlers called the area Great Marsh or Goshen. In 1671, the town of Windsor, purchased the land of East Windsor and Ellington from the Native Americans to recover land loss from the Connecticut-Massachusetts border dispute. Though no one attempted to settle the fertile lands for another 50 years. Samuel Pinney was the first settler in today's Ellington (Pinney Road bears his name in town). In 1733, Ellington was established as a Parish of the town of Windsor. East Windsor then split off from Windsor and held land in what is today's East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington in May 1768. Ellington split off twenty years later and incorporated itself in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
