Pleasure Beach

Pleasure Beach is a nature reserve in Town of Waterford, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Pleasure Beach is situated nearby to the neighborhood Hartford Colony, as well as near the hamlet Seaside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Millstone Nuclear Power Plant and St. Paul’s Church.

Millstone Nuclear Power Plant

Power station

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The Millstone Nuclear Power Station is the only nuclear power plant in Connecticut, United States, and the only multi-unit nuclear plant in New England.

Niantic River Bridge

Bridge

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Niantic River Bridge, also known as Amtrak Bascule Bridge No. 116.74, is a railroad bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor line across the Niantic River between East Lyme and Waterford, Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterford and New London.

Waterford

Photo: CLK Hatcher, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waterford is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. It is named after Waterford, Ireland. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.

New London

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New London is a city on the southeastern coast of Connecticut. It is most well-known for its rich maritime history and for being the location of the United States Coast Guard Academy and Connecticut College.

Niantic

Suburb

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Niantic is a census-designated place and village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, Niantic had a population of 3,194. It is located on Long Island Sound.

Pleasure Beach

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of Waterford, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.3065° or 41° 18′ 24″ north

Longitude

-72.1455° or 72° 8′ 44″ west

Open location code

87H98V43+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 43439442

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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