Walnut Beach

Walnut Beach: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Walnut Beach

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Walnut Beach — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.19555, -73.07756. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Walnut Beach

• Silver Sands State Park · sanctuary · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~1 km · Must-see
• Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• Boothe Memorial Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Stratford Point Light · sanctuary · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• Success Lake · lake · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~9 km · Must-see
• St. Charles Borromeo · church · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Pleasure Beach · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Beardsley Zoological Gardens · sanctuary · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tongue Point Light · fort · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Barnum Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~12 km · Must-see
• Housatonic Museum of Art · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~12 km · Must-see
• Saint George Catholic Church · church · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~13 km · Must-see
• Pinewood Lake · lake · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~13 km · Must-see
• Seaside Park · sanctuary · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~15 km · Must-see
• Black Rock Harbor Light · attraction · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~16 km · Must-see
• Southwest Ledge Light · fort · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~18 km · Must-see
• Penfield Reef Light · fort · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~19 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Walnut Beach

Other beaches & coast near Walnut Beach

• Pleasure Beach · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Fairfield Beach · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~21 km · Must-see
• Old Field Point Light · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~31 km · Must-see
• Old Field Point Light · beach · Suffolk · ~31 km · Must-see
• Hammonasset Beach State Park · beach · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~55 km · Must-see
• Hammonasset Beach · beach · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~55 km · Must-see
• Greenwich Point · beach · Western Connecticut Planning Region · ~58 km · Must-see
• Captain Harbor · beach · Western Connecticut Planning Region · ~63 km · Must-see
• Oyster Bay Harbor · beach · Nassau · ~64 km · Must-see
• Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable · beach · Nassau · ~65 km · Must-see

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