Pleasure Beach

Pleasure 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 Pleasure 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 Pleasure Beach — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 41.15845, -73.16955. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Pleasure Beach

• Tongue Point Light · fort · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~1 km · Must-see
• Saint George Catholic Church · church · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~3 km · Must-see
• Barnum Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~3 km · Must-see
• Housatonic Museum of Art · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~3 km · Must-see
• Seaside Park · sanctuary · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~4 km · Must-see
• St. Charles Borromeo · church · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~5 km · Must-see
• Black Rock Harbor Light · attraction · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~5 km · Must-see
• Stratford Point Light · sanctuary · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Success Lake · lake · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Charles E. Wheeler Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Beardsley Zoological Gardens · sanctuary · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~7 km · Must-see
• Penfield Reef Light · fort · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~8 km · Must-see
• WVOF-FM (Fairfield) · attraction · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~9 km · Must-see
• Connecticut Audubon Birdcraft Museum · museum · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~10 km · Must-see
• Fairfield Beach · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Walnut Beach · beach · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Mill Hill · viewpoint · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~12 km · Must-see
• Black Rock Church · church · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~12 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Pleasure Beach

Other beaches & coast near Pleasure Beach

• Fairfield Beach · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Walnut Beach · beach · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~11 km · Must-see
• Old Field Point Light · beach · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region · ~26 km · Must-see
• Old Field Point Light · beach · Suffolk · ~26 km · Must-see
• Greenwich Point · beach · Western Connecticut Planning Region · ~47 km · Must-see
• Captain Harbor · beach · Western Connecticut Planning Region · ~53 km · Must-see
• Oyster Bay Harbor · beach · Nassau · ~53 km · Must-see
• Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable · beach · Nassau · ~55 km · Must-see
• Rye Town Park-Bathing Complex and Oakland Beach · beach · Western Connecticut Planning Region · ~60 km · Must-see
• Hammonasset Beach State Park · beach · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · ~66 km · Must-see

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