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Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden

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Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Poet's Circle, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Naugatuck Valley Community College
Getting there

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Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.54866, -73.07396
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Poet's Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Zinser Memorial Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Medicinal Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Permaculture Area: 0.2 mi
  • Teaching Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Chase Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 1.8 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 55
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 48
Attractions: 46
Artworks: 29
  • Whale Sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 1.6 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 1.6 mi
  • Maori Head: 2.1 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 5.1 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 6.6 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 12.3 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Pond View: 18.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 18.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 18.6 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillNE 48°312 m7.6 mi
Clinton HillNE 35°303 m5.9 mi
Becar HillNE 42°297 m6.7 mi
Great HillWSW 252°292 m3.4 mi
Blackmans HillW 264°282 m5.0 mi
Southington MountainENE 61°281 m7.4 mi
Andrews HillS 191°275 m4.6 mi
Woodruff HillSSW 212°273 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
  • Japanese barberry11 obs
  • cinnamon fern11 obs
  • common mugwort9 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly9 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • House Sparrow8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/435478694

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