Veterans Memorial Park
Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- YMCA Camp Sloper: 1.4 mi
- Pexto Field: 1.8 mi
- Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Ragged Mountain Parcel: 2.6 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Churchill Hill: 1.8 mi
- West Peak: 3.1 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bradley Barnes Museum: 1.6 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park: 4.1 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 4.4 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 2.9 mi
- Cascades: 4.8 mi
- Westfield Falls: 7.1 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 7.9 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 8.5 mi
- Southington Recreation Park: 3.2 mi
- Trumbull Park: 3.7 mi
- Griswold Park: 3.8 mi
- Percival Field: 3.8 mi
- Paper Goods Pond Park: 3.9 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 3.5 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 4.7 mi
- World War I Monument: 5.0 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 5.3 mi
- plinth: 5.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.0 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.0 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Libby's Lump: 4.6 mi
- Hospital Rock: 5.9 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 6.4 mi
- 1954: 6.9 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 10.0 mi
- Home: 5.3 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 8.3 mi
- First Tear: 9.8 mi
- Maori Head: 10.4 mi
- Ben Franklin: 10.8 mi
- Green Wall: 6.4 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.5 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Ravens Roost: 10.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 6.6 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 8.6 mi
- Boating Side: 10.1 mi
- Waterfront: 10.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 23.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 21.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | WNW 299° | 313 m | 5.9 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | W 280° | 312 m | 6.1 mi |
| Clinton Hill | W 275° | 303 m | 8.3 mi |
| West Peak | S 176° | 301 m | 3.1 mi |
| Becar Hill | W 277° | 297 m | 7.3 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | WNW 290° | 290 m | 5.0 mi |
| Fall Mountain | WNW 289° | 284 m | 7.8 mi |
| Southington Mountain | W 264° | 281 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Monarch17 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle12 obs
- American pokeweed10 obs
- garlic mustard10 obs
- Huron Skipper10 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
- Turkey Vulture7 obs
- American Robin7 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/43437898
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 26 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 27 mi
- Essex · 29 mi
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