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Victory Memorial Park

Victory Memorial Park from directly overhead

Victory Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Great Hill stands 292 m to the north, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Little River Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

How to reach it

Coordinates41.43167, -73.11169

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Mattatuck Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Waterfront: 14.4 mi
  • Boating Side: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 52
Waterfalls: 51
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Spruce Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Millstone: 3.3 mi
  • Millstone: 3.3 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 4.2 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 11.6 mi
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pond View: 10.2 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 10.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.7 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Victory Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillN 350°292 m7.2 mi
Andrews HillNNE 17°275 m3.8 mi
Woodruff HillN 351°273 m4.0 mi
Hopkins HillNE 54°259 m6.6 mi
Hunters MountainNNE 31°246 m2.9 mi
Bedlam HillN 354°245 m6.1 mi
Walnut HillNW 316°242 m4.6 mi
Mulberry HillNE 52°238 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:2019:4820:30
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1615:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485868737264524232
Precip in3.93.64.74.74.03.94.34.64.45.04.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ansonia 1 NE, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth18 obs
  • American wintergreen15 obs
  • Pickerel Frog15 obs
  • hay-scented fern13 obs
  • azure bluet12 obs
  • Christmas fern11 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43437429

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