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Legion Field

Legion Field from directly overhead

Legion Field is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Foley Stadium, a park 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.

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Coordinates41.49521, -73.06819

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Foley Stadium: 0.6 mi
  • Lewis Park: 0.6 mi
  • Momument (Meadow Street): 0.6 mi
  • Indian Rock Open Space: 0.7 mi
  • St. Francis Field: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Fountain: 0.7 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Harrub Pilgrim Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 56
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 55
  • Mattatuck Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Waterfront: 9.6 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Boating Side: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 49
Attractions: 41
  • Millstone: 5.6 mi
  • Millstone: 5.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.8 mi
  • Rock House: 10.0 mi
  • Libby's Lump: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 25
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.2 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 4.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 4.3 mi
  • Maori Head: 4.3 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Bethel Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 8.7 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 10.3 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 15.8 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
  • Pond View: 15.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 15.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 15.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Southington Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 14.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 14.9 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Legion Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillNW 307°292 m4.4 mi
Blackmans HillWNW 301°282 m6.1 mi
Andrews HillWSW 236°275 m1.4 mi
Woodruff HillW 262°273 m2.9 mi
Turkey HillENE 62°263 m4.0 mi
Mount SanfordESE 110°263 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillE 84°260 m4.6 mi
Hopkins HillE 100°259 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4216:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Banded Tussock Moth20 obs
  • Coral Hairstreak16 obs
  • multiflora rose13 obs
  • winged euonymus12 obs
  • Mallard9 obs
  • Canada Goose9 obs
  • Spongy Moth9 obs
  • eastern white pine9 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/442295265

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