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Hunger Strikers Memorial

Hunger Strikers Memorial from directly overhead

Hunger Strikers Memorial is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bobby Sands Circle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Bobby Sands 1981
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.73320, -72.68809
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bobby Sands Circle: 0.0 mi
  • Leo Pugliese Memorial Green: 0.2 mi
  • Goodwin Park: 0.6 mi
  • White Street Triangle: 0.7 mi
  • Campfield Green: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascades: 7.2 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Crow Point: 4.0 mi
  • South Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.2 mi
  • Garden Wall: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 21.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Hunger Strikers Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Talcott MountainNW 314°276 m7.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE 133°265 m10.4 mi
Ely MoundNW 304°246 m7.2 mi
Lookout MountainE 82°237 m10.5 mi
Kongscut MountainESE 105°234 m9.9 mi
Birch MountainE 84°233 m10.7 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW 253°229 m7.7 mi
Ragged MountainSW 221°217 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2592066486

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