Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial
Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Durham War Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Human settlement in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q12163662, matched on coordinates and name (650 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.3 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Durham Town Green: 0.2 mi
- Allyn Brook Park: 0.5 mi
- Guida Farms Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Dooley Pond Public Access: 3.1 mi
- Peckham Field: 3.3 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 0.2 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 4.6 mi
- Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 6.1 mi
- Haddam Shad Museum: 6.3 mi
- Greater Middletown Military Museum: 6.3 mi
- Town Open Space (Allyn Brook): 0.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Tuttle Road): 1.1 mi
- Parmelee Brook Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Durham Rod And Gun Club: 1.6 mi
- Otte Meadows Durham CT Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 0.6 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 1.5 mi
- Round Hill: 2.8 mi
- Trimountain: 3.0 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 2.9 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth: 5.2 mi
- Joseph Pagano Jr.: 5.8 mi
- Connecticut Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 4.3 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 9.1 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 13.8 mi
- Circle Beach: 14.0 mi
- East Rive Beach: 14.1 mi
- snake: 4.3 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 6.3 mi
- First Tear: 6.3 mi
- Totem Pole: 9.7 mi
- Face in Tree: 12.5 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 2.4 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 2.8 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 3.2 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 4.4 mi
- Bible Rock: 5.6 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 3.8 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 4.1 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 4.1 mi
- Seven Falls: 5.7 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 6.3 mi
- Bluff Head: 4.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 4.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 15.4 mi
- Crow Point: 16.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 23.1 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 11.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | NNW 331° | 272 m | 6.5 mi |
| Trimountain | WSW 258° | 232 m | 3.0 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | WSW 241° | 230 m | 3.6 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | NW 312° | 219 m | 4.6 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | SW 230° | 210 m | 3.9 mi |
| Camels Hump | NNW 328° | 207 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | ESE 106° | 201 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 51° | 199 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12228264104
Day trips start here
- Essex · 17 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 20 mi
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- East Lyme · 25 mi
- Montville · 27 mi
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