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Veterans Memorial Field

Veterans Memorial Field from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Field is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mahan Park, a park 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 15 miles off.

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The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.35959, -72.11357

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches
Attractions: 27
Waterfalls: 25
  • Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Silver Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Cascade: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Nathan Hale Statue: 0.5 mi
  • Sparky: 5.6 mi
  • Stonehenge Replica: 6.9 mi
  • John Kelley Statue: 7.4 mi
  • Monty the T-Rex: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 19
  • Wildflower Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Bertholf Plaza: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Walk: 1.3 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Caroline Black Garden: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Veterans Memorial Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp HillNNW 343°149 m6.6 mi
Crandall HillN 354°137 m6.6 mi
Ridge HillNW 319°134 m6.3 mi
Morgan HillNW 310°120 m5.6 mi
Polly HillNW 306°117 m5.3 mi
Lynch HillN 350°115 m7.2 mi
Konomoc HillNW 318°112 m4.3 mi
Pie HillNNW 348°109 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1619:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1215:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340495867737366554637
Precip in3.93.44.94.43.73.93.44.24.34.43.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose47 obs
  • common mugwort47 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee30 obs
  • American Herring Gull28 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush26 obs
  • Monarch25 obs
  • red deadnettle25 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant21 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/910277283

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