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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

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Coordinates41.76354, -74.15601

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 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
Peaks
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
Artworks
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: 37
  • 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: 35
  • 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: 22
Beaches: 19
Attractions: 10
Springs: 6
  • Bear Wallow: 13.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.1 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Box Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 18.9 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 16.8 miles of Albert K. Smiley Memorial Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ashokan High PointNNW 329°939 m13.0 mi
Southeast Little RockyNW 320°922 m13.5 mi
Little RockyNW 320°917 m14.0 mi
Mombaccus MountainNW 322°865 m12.9 mi
HilltopE 87°862 m9.5 mi
Samson MountainNW 309°856 m16.2 mi
Little High PointNNW 330°854 m12.8 mi
Breath HillNW 320°783 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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