Veterans Memorial Park
Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Trimountain stands 232 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.2 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cherry Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lidyhites Hill: 1.2 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 1.4 mi
- Branford Hill: 2.1 mi
- Beacon Hill: 2.7 mi
- Queach Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Saltonstall Mountain Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Willow Road): 1.6 mi
- Town Open Space (North High & Mill Streets): 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Foxon Road): 1.9 mi
- Branford: 1.4 mi
- Cenotaph: 1.4 mi
- World War II: 1.5 mi
- Marquis de LaFayette Encampment: 2.8 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Oak: 2.9 mi
- Harrison House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Connecticut Trolley Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Shore Line Trolley Museum: 2.7 mi
- Stony Creek Museum: 4.1 mi
- Connecticut Childrens Museum: 5.2 mi
- Mauro Park (Warwick Lane): 1.5 mi
- Hammer Field: 1.6 mi
- Foote Riverside Park: 1.8 mi
- Connecticut Sportsplex: 2.2 mi
- Lions Park: 2.3 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 2.9 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beach: 3.0 mi
- Limewood Beach: 3.0 mi
- Montowese Beach: 3.1 mi
- Pebbley Beach: 3.3 mi
- Grand Acres Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 4.0 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Knot Garden: 5.4 mi
- Cascade: 6.1 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 8.2 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 8.8 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 10.0 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 10.1 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 3.2 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 5.7 mi
- Bear Cave: 7.5 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 9.4 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 10.6 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 4.9 mi
- John B Pierce: 5.7 mi
- An American Dream: 5.8 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 6.1 mi
- Turtle Statue: 6.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 13.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
- Pond View: 21.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 21.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 21.9 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Chimney Corner: 6.7 mi
- Bluff Head: 10.1 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 10.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 17.8 mi
- Fog Signal House: 17.8 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 20.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 20.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimountain | NNE 22° | 232 m | 11.9 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNE 23° | 230 m | 10.8 mi |
| High Rock | NW 321° | 216 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | NNE 26° | 210 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Carmel | NNW 339° | 206 m | 9.7 mi |
| Round Hill | WNW 303° | 190 m | 11.2 mi |
| Peck Hill | WNW 297° | 183 m | 12.2 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NNE 23° | 176 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 5 mi away.
- bloodroot26 obs
- Mute Swan25 obs
- lesser celandine24 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum23 obs
- yellow trout lily22 obs
- American jumpseed19 obs
- winged euonymus18 obs
- Christmas fern17 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/43398549
Day trips start here
- Essex · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 27 mi
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