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National Iwo Jima Memorial Park

National Iwo Jima Memorial Park from directly overhead

National Iwo Jima Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Iwo Jima Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.69834, -72.75902
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Iwo Jima Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 1.0 mi
  • Stone House Ruins: 1.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Borinqueneers Monument: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Brian S. Letendre Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Alumni Field: 0.7 mi
  • Ponderosa Common: 0.9 mi
  • Stanley Quarter Park: 1.0 mi
  • Eagle Lantern Open Space: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Westfield Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascades: 9.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Gardens: 55
Artworks: 44
Cliffs: 19
  • Porcupine Hole: 3.8 mi
  • Green Wall: 3.8 mi
  • South Wall: 5.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 5.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 19.2 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of National Iwo Jima Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainWSW 251°313 m10.3 mi
West PeakSSW 205°301 m10.4 mi
Talcott MountainNNW 345°276 m8.1 mi
Higby MountainS 175°272 m10.2 mi
Taine MountainWNW 300°268 m9.3 mi
Wildcat MountainWNW 291°262 m9.9 mi
Castle RockWSW 252°251 m9.6 mi
Ely MoundNNW 341°246 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard42 obs
  • Canada Goose25 obs
  • multiflora rose24 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee24 obs
  • American Robin22 obs
  • House Sparrow22 obs
  • Groundhog20 obs
  • garlic mustard18 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1228645356

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