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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 46 m. Great Hill stands 202 m to the north, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
46 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Stratford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.22316, -73.14803

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Museums
  • Trumbull Historical Society: 1.7 mi
  • Model Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Boothe Memorial Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Americana Museum: 2.1 mi
  • National Helicopter Museum Inc: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Rose/Wedding garden: 2.1 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 4.6 mi
  • Eisenhower Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Drew Park Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Waterfalls: 31
  • Farmill River Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cascades: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade: 4.9 mi
  • Indian Well Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Cascade: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 28
  • Miniature Windmill: 2.1 mi
  • Miniature Lighthouse: 2.1 mi
  • Heron: 2.4 mi
  • Mother Mary: 2.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 6.1 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 7.8 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 8.3 mi
  • 3-town marker: 12.0 mi
  • Earthplace: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Picnic Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 5.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 7.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 7.9 mi
  • Pond View: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 6.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 6.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillN 9°202 m9.8 mi
Barn HillNNW 347°200 m8.6 mi
Moose HillNNW 338°198 m8.1 mi
Israel HillNNW 347°192 m7.5 mi
Bugg HillNNW 332°189 m7.9 mi
Upper White HillsN 357°188 m8.7 mi
Bagburn HillNNW 346°186 m9.8 mi
Tashua HillWNW 296°179 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2119:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4316:27

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel39 obs
  • Northern Cardinal20 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly16 obs
  • common mugwort14 obs
  • Canada Goose12 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • garlic mustard11 obs
  • Red Fox10 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/43398639

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