USS Little Rock
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USS Little Rock is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is USS The Sullivans, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail runs past it. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
USS Little Rock (CL-92/CLG-4/CG-4) is a Cleveland-class light cruiser and one of 27 completed for the United States Navy during or shortly after World War II. She is one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers and the first US Navy ship to be named for Little Rock, Arkansas. Commissioned in mid-1945, she was completed too late to see combat duty during World War II and was retired post-war, becoming part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in 1949. In the late 1950s, she was converted to a Galveston-class guided-missile cruiser, removing her aft six-inch and five-inch guns to accommodate the Talos missile system. Like three other of her sister Cleveland ships converted to missile ships, she was also extensively modified forward to become a flagship. This involved removal of most of her forward armament to allow for an enlarged superstructure and was recommissioned in 1960 as CLG-4 (redesignated CG-4 in 1975). In this configuration, she served in the Mediterranean, often as the Sixth Fleet flagship. She decommissioned for the final time in 1976 and is now a museum ship, located in Buffalo, New York. She is the last surviving Cleveland-class cruiser.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q2299203, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1944
How to reach it
- On the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 9.0 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Duck Blind · 1 mi
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 1 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 2 mi
- Bridge overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold Star Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Special Marine Corps Units in WWII: 0.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Western New York Hispanic American Veterans: 0.0 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park: 0.0 mi
- Erie Hills Pedestrian Mall: 0.3 mi
- Maritime Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Bingham Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Wilkeson Pointe: 0.5 mi
- Shark Girl: 0.1 mi
- Vroom, Shhh: 0.3 mi
- General Kazimier Pulaski: 0.5 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 0.5 mi
- Millard Fillmore: 0.6 mi
- USS The Sullivans: 0.0 mi
- PTF-17: 0.0 mi
- USS Grenadier (SS210): 0.0 mi
- USS Croaker: 0.1 mi
- Spirit of Buffalo: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park Museum: 0.1 mi
- Erie Canal Packet Boat Exhibit: 0.1 mi
- Explore & More Children's Museum: 0.1 mi
- Buffalo Harbor Museum: 0.3 mi
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum: 0.6 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Strawberry Island: 5.8 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 7.4 mi
- Trial Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Inspiration Garden: 1.9 mi
- Urban Roots: 2.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.8 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 11.8 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 13.4 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.2 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 14.7 mi
- old gravel pit: 14.9 mi
- Glen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 11.4 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cromer's Mill: 16.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 16.9 mi
- Emerald Beach: 0.6 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 6.7 mi
- Wendt Beach: 16.4 mi
- Bennett Beach: 17.6 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 0.4 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 0.4 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 3.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.1 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 5.5 mi
- Pavilion #2: 10.0 mi
- Eco Island: 11.3 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of USS Little Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 151° | 540 m | 22.7 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 159° | 533 m | 22.9 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 150° | 509 m | 17.7 mi |
| Crow Hill | SE 125° | 500 m | 24.8 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 130° | 488 m | 23.2 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 151° | 486 m | 17.2 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SE 146° | 481 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 162° | 466 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/170664996
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