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Hillstown Veterans Memorial Park

Hillstown Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Hillstown Veterans Memorial Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Yanner Property, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Manchester

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76088, -72.57371

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Wilfred Road Park: 0.9 mi
  • Emma and Nicholas DePietro Family Park: 1.4 mi
  • Wickham Park Aviary: 1.6 mi
  • Wickham Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Square: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.2 mi
  • Cascades: 6.7 mi
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.6 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 4.2 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 4.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.3 mi
  • Keney Tower: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 56
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 3.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Crow Point: 4.3 mi
  • Flag Rock: 6.8 mi
  • South Wall: 11.7 mi
  • Solar Panel: 11.7 mi
  • Superstructure: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.9 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Hillstown Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillENE 68°284 m10.4 mi
Reed HillENE 56°275 m10.6 mi
MannantuckSE 125°273 m6.3 mi
John Tom HillSE 124°272 m6.3 mi
Meshomasic MountainS 170°265 m9.2 mi
Box HillENE 65°252 m6.8 mi
Clark HillSSE 168°241 m11.7 mi
Lookout MountainE 95°237 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/951849052

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