Challenger Memorial Lantern
Challenger Memorial Lantern is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park stands 70 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiraniwa Flat Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY passes 8.9 miles off.
Dedicated to the seven Challenger astronauts including Ellison Onizuka, the first person of Asian descent to travel into space. The lantern is in the Kasuga-style.
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the BROWARD CO A1A SCENIC HWY
Overlooks nearby
- Jungle Queen Riverboat · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shishi-odoshi: 0.1 mi
- Jazz Composition for Dimitri Mendeleyev: 5.1 mi
- Organelle: 5.1 mi
- The Axe Man: 5.3 mi
- Chase Edward's Contemporary: 5.9 mi
- Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Governor Lawton Chiles Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- CCA Community Playground: 2.4 mi
- Boca Tierra Park: 2.6 mi
- Orchard View Park: 2.7 mi
- Morikami Museum: 0.1 mi
- Sports Immortals Museum: 5.2 mi
- Nathan D Rosen Museum Gallery: 5.3 mi
- Spady Cultural Heritage Museum: 5.5 mi
- Old School Square Museum: 5.8 mi
- Zabava Studio: 3.7 mi
- Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands: 4.1 mi
- Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge: 6.0 mi
- Gumbo Limbo Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Seaboard Air Line Dining Car 6113: 7.2 mi
- Pondhawk Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- Wakodahatchee Wetlands: 3.7 mi
- Serenoa Glade Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Daggerwing Nature Center: 5.4 mi
- Blazing Star Reserve: 6.0 mi
- Chie no Wa Wisdom Ring: 0.1 mi
- Martin Luther King, Jr.: 6.4 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light Station: 12.4 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Coral Springs Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Hiraniwa Flat Garden: 0.0 mi
- Modern Romantic Garden: 0.0 mi
- Paradise Garden: 0.1 mi
- Karesansui Late Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
- Early Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
- Crescent: 11.0 mi
- Daggerwing: 11.1 mi
- Elfin: 11.1 mi
- Grandiosa: 11.5 mi
- Picnic area: 13.8 mi
- The Bungalow: 12.5 mi
- Timer and Generator Building: 12.5 mi
- Inlet House: 12.5 mi
- Keeper's Quarters: 12.5 mi
- Hillsboro Inlet Light: 12.5 mi
- Delray Public Beach: 8.9 mi
- Summa Beach: 16.8 mi
- Fort Lauderdale Beach: 19.6 mi
- Yamato Colony: 4.6 mi
- Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park: 10.1 mi
- Inverrary Waterfalls: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Challenger Memorial Lantern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park | S 183° | 70 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:29 | 19:43 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:48 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:59 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 65 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 72 | 69 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loxahatchee NWR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9937516652
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