Benny Benson Memorial Park
Benny Benson Memorial Park is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Andy Simons Mountain stands 1,893 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Good Friday Earthquake Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Seward Highway runs past it. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- On the Seward Highway, National
- 0.5 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 27.1 mi off the Sterling Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Tern Lake · 29 mi
57 named places within 25 miles
- Race Point: 1.3 mi
- Marathon Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Benson: 2.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Phoenix Peak: 3.3 mi
- Good Friday Earthquake Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Seward Mariners' Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Founder's Monument: 1.3 mi
- Fort McGilvray: 9.4 mi
- Mt McGhan Monument: 22.3 mi
- Two Lakes Park: 0.5 mi
- Waterfront Park Playground: 1.2 mi
- Evan Casey Skate Park: 1.2 mi
- Kawabe Park: 1.2 mi
- Lowell Point State Recreation Site: 3.5 mi
- Caines Head State Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Sandspit Point State Marine Park: 13.4 mi
- Sunny Cove State Marine Park: 15.3 mi
- William H Seward Bust: 1.2 mi
- Jujiro Wada Iditarod Trail Pioneer: 1.3 mi
- North Beach: 7.8 mi
- South Beach: 9.3 mi
- Allen Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Holgate Glacier Face: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Benny Benson Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Simons Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,893 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,881 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mt Ascension | NNW 349° | 1,740 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pestle Peak | N 354° | 1,622 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NW 323° | 1,606 m | 22.5 mi |
| Madson Mountain | N 1° | 1,606 m | 23.2 mi |
| Axis Peak | NNW 346° | 1,573 m | 23.7 mi |
| Phoenix Peak | W 272° | 1,565 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:17 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 04:33 | 22:07 | 23:28 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:04 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | 13:39 | 15:52 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seward AP, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4789360421
Day trips start here
- Seward · 0 mi
- Kenai Fjords National Park · 23 mi
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