Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill, 130 feet above sea level, is a traprock outcrop located 1.2 miles southeast of New Haven, Connecticut overlooking the mouth of the Farm River 1.2 miles north of Long Island Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shore Line Trolley Museum and East Haven Green Historic District.
Shore Line Trolley Museum
Museum
Photo: Versageek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shore Line Trolley Museum is a trolley museum located in East Haven, Connecticut. Incorporated in 1945, it is the oldest continuously operating trolley museum in the United States.
East Haven Green Historic District
Park
Photo: Dep369, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The East Haven Green is the town green of the New England town of East Haven, Connecticut. It is bounded by River Street, Hemingway Avenue, Main Street, and Park Place and is the focal point of the East Haven Green Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Farm River State Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Morrowlong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Farm River State Park is a privately operated, publicly owned recreation area on the western shore of the Farm River estuary in the town of East Haven, Connecticut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Haven and Short Beach.
East Haven
Photo: Kathyradziunas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Haven is a town in Connecticut three minutes' drive from New Haven and 35 miles from Hartford. It is part of the Greater New Haven area, founded in 1683.
Short Beach
Suburb
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Short Beach is a beach neighborhood situated in Branford, Connecticut, United States. It is the westernmost of Branford's seven neighborhoods, the others being: The Hill, The Center, Pine Orchard, Stony Creek, Indian Neck, and Brushy Hill.
Morris Cove Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Morris Cove Historic District encompasses a former summer resort area in eastern New Haven, Connecticut. Bounded in the north by Myron Street, the south by Morris Causeway and Lighthouse Road, and on the east by the East Haven town line, the area was developed as a coastal summer community before being transformed into a streetcar suburb in the second quarter of the 20th century.
Beacon Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 95 feet
- Description: mountain in Connecticut, United States
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Town of Branford, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.27176° or 41° 16′ 18″ northLongitude
-72.85816° or 72° 51′ 29″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87H974CR+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 359260002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ladin—“Beacon Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Beacon Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بياكون هيل”
- French: “Beacon Hill”
- Hebrew: “גבעת ביקון”
- Japanese: “ビーコン・ヒル”
- Ladin: “Beacon Hill (Branford (Connecticut))”
- Ladin: “Beacon Hill)”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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