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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Becks Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Constitution Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.

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Coordinates41.09825, -73.41087

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Constitution Park: 0.2 mi
  • North Water Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Edgewater Park: 0.3 mi
  • John H. Ryan Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Spc Wilfredo Perez Jr.: 0.4 mi
  • UN Tree of Norwalk: 0.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Eye of Odin: 1.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
  • Meadow Street Park: 0.8 mi
  • San Vincenzo Park: 0.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Creamer Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Norwalk Harbor Walk: 1.0 mi
  • River Edge Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Formal Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Westport Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Wildflower garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks
  • Dancing Girl: 7.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 7.5 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 7.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 11.4 mi
  • The Millenium Sundial: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Rowayton Dog Park: 2.7 mi
  • Earthplace: 3.7 mi
  • Andrew Shaw Memorial Trust Scout Cabin: 4.1 mi
  • Darien Arts Center: 4.4 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Meadow: 7.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 14.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 14.4 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 10.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Cascade: 10.4 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Cascade: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 6
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 3.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 3.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 11.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Becks HillNNW 327°208 m10.3 mi
Nod HIllNNW 348°197 m11.5 mi
Gilbert HillN 358°186 m11.4 mi
Bald HillNNW 337°184 m8.7 mi
Upper Bald HillNNW 339°171 m9.7 mi
Comstock KnollNNW 340°164 m7.9 mi
Powells HillNNE 23°159 m10.4 mi
Staples HillNNE 32°144 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly106 obs
  • Mallard69 obs
  • garlic mustard59 obs
  • Mute Swan58 obs
  • Monarch58 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant58 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail53 obs
  • House Sparrow52 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/43398922

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