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Willington Veteran's Memorial

Willington Veteran's Memorial from directly overhead

Willington Veteran's Memorial is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Bald Hill stands 371 m to the north-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Glazier Tavern, a museum 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
For All Who Served, Gone But Never Forgotten

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86711, -72.25887

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 2.2 mi
  • River Road Park: 2.8 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 4.2 mi
  • The Thomas and Bette Wolff Family Park: 4.2 mi
  • Mansfield Town Square: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 3.0 mi
  • Old root cellar: 4.5 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 5.3 mi
  • Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 5.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 47
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 7.4 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 7.8 mi
  • filled-in well: 10.0 mi
  • Frog Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 42
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 3.9 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Codfish Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cascades: 4.0 mi
  • Cascades: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 8
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 13.8 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 21.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 10.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Willington Veteran's Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNNE 23°371 m8.0 mi
Stickney HillNNE 24°371 m9.5 mi
Snow HillNNE 23°362 m6.5 mi
Lead Mine HillNNE 30°361 m7.6 mi
Hedgehog HillN 10°354 m7.7 mi
Sky HillNNE 30°331 m6.7 mi
Walker MountainNE 42°325 m9.4 mi
Paulk HillW 278°294 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/862790046

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