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Bainbridge Colby Monument

Bainbridge Colby Monument from directly overhead

Bainbridge Colby Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 411 m. Braley Hill stands 653 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans' Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 16 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
Faithful Public Servant

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16299, -79.38949

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Park: 0.5 mi
  • Midway State Park: 3.1 mi
  • Edward F. Loomis Jr Park: 4.2 mi
  • The Ravine: 4.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 45
Nature reserves: 24
Museums: 20
  • The Lawson Center for Boating Heritage on Chautauqua Lake: 0.2 mi
  • Bemus Point Historical Society: 0.3 mi
  • Lucille Ball Childhood Home: 6.7 mi
  • Mayville Station: 7.8 mi
  • National Comedy Center: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Veterans' Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Minturn Cottage Foundation: 1.7 mi
  • Lakewood Honor Roll: 5.4 mi
  • Ellington Town Bell: 14.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 9
Artworks: 6
  • Lucille Ball: 6.6 mi
  • Big Chair: 8.8 mi
  • Robert H. Jackson: 9.0 mi
  • Reuben E. Fenton: 9.2 mi
  • Jon's Fish Statue: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Panama Rocks: 8.0 mi
  • I Love Lucy Mural: 9.1 mi
  • Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower: 20.2 mi
  • Dunkirk City Pier: 22.7 mi
  • Boulder Ridge Stables: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bainbridge Colby Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Braley HillESE653 m23.7 mi
Pine HillE649 m20.8 mi
Arab HillNE640 m14.5 mi
Boutwell HillNE635 m15.2 mi
Pickup HillENE630 m15.5 mi
Goose Heaven HillSE626 m24.0 mi
Gardners RocksSE612 m23.3 mi
Luce HillNNE605 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2218:5319:30
June solstice05:4220:1520:58
September equinox07:0618:4019:17
December solstice07:4416:0416:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242533455765696861503930
Precip in3.82.73.23.93.94.44.63.64.24.13.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown 4 ENE, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/927938061

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