United States Submarine World War II Veterans Memorial East
United States Submarine World War II Veterans Memorial East is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is National Submarine Memorial - Conning Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Groton
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 17.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 22.9 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- National Submarine Memorial - Conning Tower: 0.0 mi
- WWII Torpedo: 0.0 mi
- Battle of Groton Heights Prisoners Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Groton Monument: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 0.6 mi
- KE Streeter Boat Launch: 0.1 mi
- Thames River Boat Launch (New London): 0.4 mi
- Monument Street Parklet: 0.4 mi
- Bridge Street Parklet: 0.7 mi
- Winthrop Cove Park: 0.7 mi
- Ebenezer Avery House and Museum: 0.6 mi
- Groton Monument House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Nathan Hale Schoolhouse: 0.8 mi
- Custom House Maritime Museum: 0.9 mi
- New London County Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Fort Griswold Hill: 0.6 mi
- Walker Hill: 0.9 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 0.9 mi
- Long Hill: 1.1 mi
- Crooked S Hill: 1.2 mi
- Winthrop Estates: 1.0 mi
- Burgess Park Subdivision Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Winthrop Estates: 1.2 mi
- Phoenix Drive Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Birch Plain Creek Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 1.9 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 2.4 mi
- Shennecossett Beach: 3.0 mi
- Avery Point Beach: 3.1 mi
- Groton Beach: 3.2 mi
- The Whale: 0.8 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.5 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 4.6 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 7.9 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 8.3 mi
- Cascade: 3.3 mi
- Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 7.8 mi
- Yantic Falls: 11.8 mi
- Cascade: 15.6 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 1.1 mi
- Sparky: 5.6 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 5.8 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 6.1 mi
- Mystic Blue: 6.2 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 1.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Walk: 1.8 mi
- Azalea Garden: 1.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 14.2 mi
- Crow Head: 18.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.6 mi
- Ram Head: 22.2 mi
- Hedges Bank: 23.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 12.3 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 12.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.4 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 15.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 1.9 mi
- Powder House: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 21.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 5.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.7 mi
- Old Spring: 6.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of United States Submarine World War II Veterans Memorial East. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Hill | NNW 330° | 149 m | 7.1 mi |
| Crandall Hill | NNW 340° | 137 m | 6.7 mi |
| Morgan Hill | WNW 300° | 120 m | 6.7 mi |
| Polly Hill | WNW 296° | 117 m | 6.6 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | WNW 304° | 112 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pie Hill | NNW 333° | 109 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gungywamp Hill | NNE 29° | 108 m | 3.1 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | NNE 19° | 108 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 3 mi away.
- Canada Goose47 obs
- common mugwort45 obs
- mountain laurel31 obs
- American Herring Gull27 obs
- common toadflax25 obs
- red deadnettle25 obs
- Red Clover24 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/933077405
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