Walnut Beach

Walnut Beach is a beach located in Milford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1999.

From Walnut Beach you can see the island known as Charles Island. A sand bridge forms during low tide everyday and during the summer thousands of people cross the bridge and explore Charles Island. People are restricted to go inside of the " Forest Area" but they can walk around the shore and they must come back before high tide. Charles Island has a great history. It was founded in 1614 by a man named Adriaen Block. Captain Kid is an old folktale legend and it is said that he visited that Island. Believe it or not Charles Island was previously inhabited by a man named John Harris in 1835, ( this was the first home built on Charles Island.)Charles Island was used for many things. It was used for a summer home, a yacht club, an amusement park, a submarine chaser base during World War 1 and a reformatory and nuclear power plant. Charles Island has also been used in numerous books.

Recently a walkway was built on Walnut Beach. The walkway is about two miles and crosses almost every part of the beach, reaching as far as Silver Sands beach.

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Things to do

Walnut beach is home to many events over the course of the summer. These events include a summer concert series under the pavilion, yoga, arts and crafts, triathlons, and 5K races. ^[5]

Climate

In the summer months, Walnut Beach can reach highs into the upper 90°F. Walnut beach has a record high temperature in the month of July which was 103°F. However, in the winter, lows can get extremely cold. The coldest day on record was -7°F in the month of January. ^[6]

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