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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
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions: 59
Historic sites: 58
Gardens: 56
Waterfalls: 43
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 9.1 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 10.3 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 MountainNW276 m7.9 mi
Meshomasic MountainSE265 m10.4 mi
Ely MoundNW246 m7.2 mi
Lookout MountainE237 m10.5 mi
Kongscut MountainESE234 m9.9 mi
Birch MountainE233 m10.7 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW229 m7.7 mi
Raccoon HillSE228 m11.2 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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