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New Britain Soldiers' Monument

New Britain Soldiers' Monument from directly overhead

New Britain Soldiers' Monument is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is New Britain Industrial Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

Dates from 1850.

Wikidata Q49172, matched on coordinates and name (939 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1900-09-19
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.66744, -72.78219
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Leo A. Milewski Park: 0.1 mi
  • McCabe Park: 0.4 mi
  • Franklin Square Park: 0.4 mi
  • Walnut Hill Park: 0.5 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • World War I Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 2.1 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.3 mi
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Intermittent Cascade: 2.5 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Cascades: 7.8 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.8 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks: 48
Cliffs: 20
  • Green Wall: 3.5 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 3.5 mi
  • South Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 6.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 19.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Cold Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 9.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of New Britain Soldiers' Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainW 261°313 m8.6 mi
West PeakSSW 204°301 m7.9 mi
Compounce MountainWSW 253°290 m8.5 mi
Southington MountainWSW 241°281 m9.7 mi
East PeakSSW 200°277 m8.1 mi
Higby MountainSSE 165°272 m8.3 mi
Taine MountainNW 314°268 m9.6 mi
Wildcat MountainNW 306°262 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:4016:24

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/751565786

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