29th Colored Regiment Monument
29th Colored Regiment Monument is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Criscuolo Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
The 29th Colored Regiment Monument is a monument located in Criscuolo Park in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The monument commemorates the soldiers of the 29th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (Colored) and is located on the grounds of where more than 900 black recruits trained in 1863. It was designed by Ed Hamilton, a sculptor well known for the Amistad Memorial that is also located in New Haven.
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Wikidata Q16970209, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.8 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Criscuolo Park: 0.1 mi
- Pearl Harbor Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Hamilton Street Walkway: 0.6 mi
- Lenzi Park: 0.7 mi
- Paul Russo Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Joseph W. Lenzi: 0.7 mi
- World War II Veteran's Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Amistad Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 1.1 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 1.3 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 1.0 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 1.2 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 1.2 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 2.0 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 2.1 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.0 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.4 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Indian Head: 1.6 mi
- East Rock: 1.7 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Palmieri Parcel: 2.5 mi
- West River Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Bishop Woods Bird Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.0 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 4.2 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 4.3 mi
- Short Beach: 4.4 mi
- Momauguin Beach: 4.4 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 1.0 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Knot Garden: 1.3 mi
- Winchester Garden: 1.6 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 4.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 7.0 mi
- Sperry Falls: 7.0 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 7.4 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 4.1 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 5.5 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 9.8 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 9.9 mi
- Bear Cave: 10.8 mi
- John B Pierce: 1.5 mi
- An American Dream: 1.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.9 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 2.1 mi
- Turtle Statue: 2.3 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 13.3 mi
- Bethel Rock: 22.5 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.7 mi
- Pond View: 17.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.7 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.7 mi
- Fog Signal House: 14.7 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of 29th Colored Regiment Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 348° | 263 m | 11.2 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 345° | 216 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 5° | 206 m | 8.8 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 331° | 193 m | 9.7 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 318° | 190 m | 7.7 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 308° | 183 m | 8.4 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 48° | 176 m | 9.7 mi |
| Peck Hill | NW 306° | 171 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9777952435
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- Essex · 27 mi
- Old Saybrook · 27 mi
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