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Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower

Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower from directly overhead

Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 471 m. Ashokan High Point stands 939 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Skytop, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1921
Height
60 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.76354, -74.15601

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks
Parks
  • Shawangunk Multiple Use Area: 2.3 mi
  • Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
  • Huguenot Riverfront Park: 3.5 mi
  • Blueberry Fields: 3.6 mi
  • Moriello Park and Pool: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Mohonk Preserve Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Chimney: 1.6 mi
  • Testimonial Gateway: 2.3 mi
  • New Paltz: 3.6 mi
  • Bridge Abutments: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 42
  • Fire Department Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 4.1 mi
  • D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 4.6 mi
  • Widow Jane Mine Museum: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Skytop: 0.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 0.3 mi
  • Outback Slab: 1.5 mi
  • The Trapps: 1.9 mi
  • Split Rock: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 2.3 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
  • SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Vanderbilt Gardens: 11.3 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 11.4 mi
  • The Teaching Garden: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 18
Attractions: 10
Springs: 5
  • Bear Wallow: 13.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Box Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Piped Spring: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ashokan High PointNNW939 m13.0 mi
Southeast Little RockyNW922 m13.5 mi
Little RockyNW917 m14.0 mi
Mombaccus MountainNW865 m12.9 mi
HilltopE862 m9.5 mi
Samson MountainNW856 m16.2 mi
Little High PointNNW854 m12.8 mi
Breath HillNW783 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2319:5320:36
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2115:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/234561247

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