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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. Lindsley Hill stands 312 m to the west-southwest, 9.9 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
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 59
Gardens: 58
Historic sites: 57
  • 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
Artworks: 48
Waterfalls: 41
  • Intermittent Cascade: 2.5 mi
  • Mill Pond Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 10.1 mi
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 10.0 miles of New Britain Soldiers' Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lindsley HillWSW312 m9.9 mi
West PeakSSW301 m7.9 mi
Compounce MountainWSW290 m8.5 mi
Southington MountainWSW281 m9.7 mi
East PeakSSW277 m8.1 mi
Higby MountainSSE272 m8.3 mi
Taine MountainNW268 m9.6 mi
Wildcat MountainNW262 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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