Amistad Memorial
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Amistad Memorial is a historic site in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Connecticut Childrens Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
The Amistad Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut, is a bronze sculpture created by Ed Hamilton to recognize the events of the 1839 Amistad Affair. The affair was a kidnapping of 53 Africans and their subsequent mutiny aboard La Amistad. It led to a historically significant United States Supreme Court case, in which the Amistad captives were ruled to be acting in self-defense, thereby granting them the right to mutiny. The memorial sits in front of the New Haven City Hall on Church Street, the location where the Amistad slaves were jailed during their trial. It was dedicated on September 18, 1992.
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Wikidata Q27899381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 17 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 0.2 mi
- Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: 0.3 mi
- New Haven Colonial Historical Society Building: 0.5 mi
- One Hundred Second Infantry Regiment Museum: 1.1 mi
- The Hill Museum of Arts: 1.1 mi
- Old Campus: 0.2 mi
- South Court: 0.3 mi
- Art Center Mini-Park: 0.3 mi
- Union Street Parkway: 0.3 mi
- Linonia Court: 0.3 mi
- West River Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- West River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Sea Bluff Beach: 4.3 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.5 mi
- Prospect Beach: 4.6 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 4.9 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 5.0 mi
- Bishop Tutu Corner: 0.2 mi
- World War I Cenotaph: 0.3 mi
- World War II Veteran's Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Gag Jr's Corner: 0.5 mi
- Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 0.9 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.7 mi
- East Rock: 1.7 mi
- Indian Head: 1.8 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 2.0 mi
- Whitney Peak: 2.1 mi
- Knot Garden: 0.5 mi
- Winchester Garden: 0.7 mi
- Mansfield St. Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Bog Garden: 1.0 mi
- Perennial Beds: 1.0 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 3.5 mi
- Sperry Falls: 6.1 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 6.3 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 9.2 mi
- John B Pierce: 0.6 mi
- An American Dream: 0.6 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 1.2 mi
- Turtle Statue: 1.5 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.8 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.0 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.8 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 11.0 mi
- Bear Cave: 11.7 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Chimney Corner: 11.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 13.8 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 14.0 mi
- Bethel Rock: 21.6 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 14.9 mi
- Pond View: 16.2 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 16.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 16.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 14.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 16.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Amistad Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | N 353° | 263 m | 10.7 mi |
| High Rock | N 353° | 216 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNE 12° | 206 m | 8.7 mi |
| Great Hill | WNW 291° | 202 m | 10.7 mi |
| Rock Rimmon | NW 320° | 199 m | 10.8 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 336° | 193 m | 9.0 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 323° | 190 m | 6.8 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 53° | 176 m | 10.3 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359283661
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- Essex · 28 mi
- Old Saybrook · 28 mi
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