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West River Memorial Park

West River Memorial Park from directly overhead

West River Memorial Park is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Garden At West River, a garden 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of New Haven
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.30356, -72.95487

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Defenders’ Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Spanish-American War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Bishop Clinton and Pastor Julia Mccarter Corner: 0.9 mi
  • Gag Jr's Corner: 1.2 mi
  • Holocaust Memorial: 1.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Gardens: 48
  • Peace Garden At West River: 0.2 mi
  • Truman Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Washington Ave Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Winchester Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Knot Garden: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls: 43
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 22
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 6.2 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.0 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 12.6 mi
  • Bear Cave: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.4 mi
  • Pond View: 14.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 14.7 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of West River Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordN 2°263 m10.9 mi
Moose HillNW 309°231 m10.9 mi
High RockN 5°216 m7.5 mi
Mount CarmelNNE 21°206 m9.4 mi
Great HillWNW 296°202 m9.4 mi
Rock RimmonNNW 328°199 m10.1 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 346°193 m8.7 mi
Round HillNNW 336°190 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2019:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/35866628

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