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Veteran's Memorial Park

Veteran's Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veteran's Memorial Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Grant Hill stands 284 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Park Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee; Existing Preserved Open Space

The record

What the record says

Elevation
45 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of East Hartford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77146, -72.59041
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Emma and Nicholas DePietro Family Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bicentennial Square: 0.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Aviary: 1.1 mi
  • Wickham Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wilfred Road Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.2 mi
  • Keney Tower: 4.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.7 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 5.2 mi
  • Geographic Center of Hartford: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Case Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 6.4 mi
  • Cascades: 7.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens: 55
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 2.2 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Crow Point: 4.6 mi
  • Flag Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.8 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 10.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 17.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 17.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.6 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grant HillENE 73°284 m10.9 mi
Talcott MountainWNW 285°276 m11.1 mi
Reed HillENE 62°275 m11.0 mi
MannantuckSE 126°273 m7.5 mi
John Tom HillSE 125°272 m7.5 mi
Meshomasic MountainSSE 166°265 m10.1 mi
Box HillENE 73°252 m7.3 mi
Ely MoundW 277°246 m11.0 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Bullfrog20 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • garlic mustard16 obs
  • Green Frog16 obs
  • prickly cucumber13 obs
  • Mallard12 obs
  • eastern white pine12 obs
  • common mugwort12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/951534702

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