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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

Historic sites
  • 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
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
Parks
  • Wilcox Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eric Zimmerman Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Milford Green: 0.6 mi
  • Gulf Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Milford Green: 0.6 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
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
Gardens: 52
  • 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
Waterfalls: 32
  • Farmill River Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade: 6.5 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 9.4 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
Attractions: 19
  • 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: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Submersible Wreck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNNW 343°202 m10.8 mi
Barn HillNW 323°200 m11.3 mi
Moose HillNW 316°198 m11.4 mi
Israel HillNW 321°192 m10.3 mi
Bugg HillNW 312°189 m11.5 mi
Upper White HillsNNW 330°188 m10.8 mi
Peck HillN 6°183 m11.5 mi
Tashua HillWNW 288°179 m10.6 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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