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Peace Garden At West River

Peace Garden At West River from directly overhead

Peace Garden At West River is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is West River Memorial Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.3 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1988

How to reach it

Coordinates41.30608, -72.95240

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Defenders’ Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 0.8 mi
  • Gag Jr's Corner: 1.0 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Gardens: 47
Waterfalls: 43
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 22
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 3.7 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.1 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Bear Cave: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Pond View: 14.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Peace Garden At West River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordN 1°263 m10.8 mi
Moose HillNW 307°231 m10.9 mi
High RockN 4°216 m7.3 mi
Mount CarmelNNE 20°206 m9.2 mi
Great HillWNW 295°202 m9.4 mi
Rock RimmonNNW 327°199 m10.0 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 345°193 m8.6 mi
Round HillNNW 335°190 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel196 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly163 obs
  • Mourning Dove141 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow133 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee127 obs
  • common mugwort124 obs
  • American Robin120 obs
  • House Sparrow118 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1425680394

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