Kensington Soldier's Monument
Kensington Soldier's Monument is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Percival Field, a park 0.4 miles away.
The story
The Kensington Soldiers' Monument is a historic war memorial located at 312 Percival Road, on the grounds of the Kensington Congregational Church in Berlin, Connecticut. Erected in 1863, it is one of the oldest memorials to the American Civil War in the United States, and the first to be erected in Connecticut. It is a modest brownstone obelisk, with an accompanying cannon. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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Wikidata Q43083094, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Percival Field: 0.4 mi
- Paper Goods Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Griswold Park: 1.0 mi
- Deming Park: 1.0 mi
- Volunteer Park: 1.3 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Warner Road): 0.4 mi
- Carriage Drive Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Pine Tree Rifle Club: 0.8 mi
- Town Of Berlin (Four Rod Road): 0.8 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 1.2 mi
- Turkey Hill: 0.5 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Savage Hill: 3.0 mi
- Snow Hill: 3.4 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park: 1.5 mi
- New Britain Industrial Museum: 3.1 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum: 3.1 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 1.6 mi
- Westfield Falls: 4.6 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cascades: 7.7 mi
- Dividend Falls: 7.9 mi
- World War I Monument: 2.9 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 3.1 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 3.8 mi
- plinth: 5.2 mi
- Stone House Ruins: 5.2 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.1 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Hospital Rock: 5.3 mi
- 1954: 5.5 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 5.8 mi
- Libby's Lump: 7.8 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 8.0 mi
- Home: 3.0 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 5.0 mi
- First Tear: 7.3 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 8.3 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 9.7 mi
- Green Wall: 5.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.0 mi
- South Wall: 9.9 mi
- Solar Panel: 10.0 mi
- Superstructure: 10.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 10.0 mi
- Boating Side: 13.3 mi
- Waterfront: 13.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.6 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 18.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Kensington Soldier's Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | WNW 282° | 313 m | 8.7 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | W 270° | 312 m | 9.4 mi |
| West Peak | SW 217° | 301 m | 5.2 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | W 275° | 290 m | 8.1 mi |
| Southington Mountain | W 259° | 281 m | 8.7 mi |
| East Peak | SSW 211° | 277 m | 5.3 mi |
| Higby Mountain | SSE 156° | 272 m | 5.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | WNW 286° | 251 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 13000456OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Kensington Soldier's Monument, reference 13000456, listed 07/03/13.
OpenStreetMap element node/4719903789
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- East Windsor · 23 mi
- Tolland · 27 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
- Willimantic · 30 mi
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