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Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park from directly overhead

Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. West Peak stands 301 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallingford Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Wallingford
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.43869, -72.78486
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls
Beaches
Artworks: 52
Attractions: 51
  • Washington Trail monument: 2.7 mi
  • Selectmen's Stones: 5.5 mi
  • Bear Cave: 5.6 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 6.2 mi
  • 1954: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 6
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 1.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 18.9 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 20.8 mi
  • Pond View: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West PeakNNW 340°301 m9.1 mi
East PeakNNW 342°277 m8.6 mi
Higby MountainNNE 16°272 m8.1 mi
Mount SanfordW 281°263 m8.6 mi
TrimountainENE 60°232 m2.9 mi
Fowler MountainE 83°230 m2.3 mi
South MountainNNW 346°220 m8.4 mi
Beseck MountainNNE 21°219 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1819:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1515:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dutchman's breeches16 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • common mugwort14 obs
  • yellow trout lily13 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage13 obs
  • bloodroot13 obs
  • garlic mustard13 obs
  • lesser celandine13 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/472231212

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