Prospect Beach
Prospect Beach is a beach in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Prospect Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet Sea Bluff, as well as near the village West Shore.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sea Bluff Beach and West Haven High School.
West Haven High School
School
West Haven High School is a secondary school located in West Haven, Connecticut, which educates students in grades 9–12. The mascot of West Haven is the Blue Devil.
West Haven station
Railway station
West Haven station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in West Haven, Connecticut. The station was built on Sawmill Road between Hood Terrace and Railroad Avenue, in the Elm Street-Wagner Place neighborhood. West Haven station is situated 1½ miles north of Prospect Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Haven and City Point.
West Haven
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
West Haven is a city in Greater New Haven. It is not a common tourist destination and is probably best known for its proximity to New Haven and Yale University.
City Point
Hamlet
Photo: Emporostheoros, Public domain.
City Point is an area in what is now The Hill neighborhood of the city of New Haven, Connecticut, located in the southwestern portion of the city. The City Point area was, when settled and through the 18th century, a relatively narrow peninsula extending south into New Haven Harbor, located where the West River empties into the harbor. City Point is situated 3 miles northeast of Prospect Beach.
The Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: YNHHEditor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hill is the southwesternmost neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. As early as 1800, this area was known as "Sodom Hill". Located directly south of Downtown New Haven, this neighborhood is home to residential areas, some light industry, New Haven Union Station as well as Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Yale School of Medicine. The Hill is situated 3½ miles north of Prospect Beach.
Prospect Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.24815° or 41° 14′ 53″ northLongitude
-72.96288° or 72° 57′ 46″ westOpen location code
87H962XP+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 359267790OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
4841091Wikidata ID
Q31811108
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Prospect Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prospect Beach”
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