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Submersible Wreck

Submersible Wreck from directly overhead

Submersible Wreck is a historic site in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Simon Lake salvage sub wreck, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.21366, -73.05480

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Eells-Stow House: 0.4 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Americana Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 3.3 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 4.1 mi
Beaches
  • Fort Trumbull Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Silver Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Silver Sands: 1.1 mi
  • Bayview Beach: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Wilcox Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eric Zimmerman Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Milford Green: 0.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Duck Pond: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Knobb Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Bryan Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Clark Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Merwin Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Eels Hill: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Simon Lake salvage sub wreck: 0.0 mi
  • Simon Lake's Explorer Submarine: 0.5 mi
  • World War II: 0.6 mi
  • Liberty Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 3.3 mi
  • Yale Landscape Lab: 4.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 7.1 mi
  • SIS Community Garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
  • Miniature Windmill: 3.3 mi
  • Mother Mary: 6.6 mi
  • Heron: 7.1 mi
  • An American Dream: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Attractions: 18
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 10.3 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 11.0 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 11.4 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 0.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Pond View: 11.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 4.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 4.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Submersible Wreck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNNW202 m10.8 mi
Barn HillNW200 m11.3 mi
Moose HillNW198 m11.4 mi
Israel HillNW192 m10.3 mi
Bugg HillNW189 m11.5 mi
Upper White HillsNNW188 m10.8 mi
Tashua HillWNW179 m10.6 mi
Walnut Tree HillNW171 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4820:29
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1515:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506070767568564637
Precip in3.23.14.14.23.63.83.34.04.03.83.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Igor I Sikorsky MEM AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/359190373

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