Upper Dam Heritage Park
Upper Dam Heritage Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Chapel Hill stands 182 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Yantic Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Norwich
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Uncas Leap Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- Estelle Cohn Memorial Dog Park: 0.3 mi
- Royal Mohegan Burial Ground: 0.4 mi
- Washington Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Monsignor Joseph V. King Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Sachem Street Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Zepher Street Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Heritage Trail Corridor: 0.4 mi
- Heritage Trail Corridor: 0.5 mi
- Julian Terrace Open Space: 0.7 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 0.6 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 0.7 mi
- Leffingwell House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop: 1.1 mi
- Norwich Historical Society: 1.1 mi
- Jail Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 1.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 1.5 mi
- Crown Hill: 2.0 mi
- Ox Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 1.1 mi
- Miantonomo: 2.3 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 3.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.4 mi
- plaque: 7.3 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 13.3 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 13.6 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 13.7 mi
- Groton Beach: 14.1 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 14.2 mi
- Muffler Man: 0.9 mi
- Nevertheless: 1.1 mi
- Promised Day: 1.1 mi
- River Blue: 2.9 mi
- Sparky: 6.6 mi
- Yantic Falls: 0.1 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.3 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.4 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 7.5 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 4.9 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.9 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 8.0 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 11.5 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 11.8 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 1.0 mi
- Sprout Garden: 10.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.8 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 10.8 mi
- Laurel Walk: 10.8 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 16.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 18.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 19.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 4.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 24.4 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 20.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 20.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 20.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 22.8 mi
- Skate Hut: 12.6 mi
- Powder House: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 24.8 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 19.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.3 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.2 mi
- Old Spring: 9.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Upper Dam Heritage Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill | SW 231° | 182 m | 7.3 mi |
| Forsyth Hill | WSW 241° | 171 m | 7.8 mi |
| Raymond Hill | WSW 238° | 170 m | 5.3 mi |
| Scott Hill | W 278° | 165 m | 6.3 mi |
| Dolbeare Hill | SW 224° | 162 m | 6.6 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NNW 330° | 160 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mason Hill | NW 320° | 158 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wawecus Hill | W 275° | 153 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:22 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 2 mi away.
- striped wintergreen1,908 obs
- American wintergreen426 obs
- dwarf cinquefoil143 obs
- sawbrier135 obs
- heath speedwell119 obs
- Smokey-eyed Boulder Lichen91 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage82 obs
- eastern white pine74 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/690296733
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