Historic site · New York
Champlain Monument
Champlain Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Johnson Mountain stands 755 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Champlain Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lakes to Locks Passage runs past it.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Samuel Champlain 1567 1655Navigator, Discoverer, Colonizer
How to reach it
Coordinates44.70031, -73.44720
- On the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 6.5 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 13.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.1 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sand Bar Causeway · 11 mi
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 12 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 12 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Champlain Park: 0.0 mi
- Plattsburg Boat Launch: 0.2 mi
- McDonough Park: 0.2 mi
- Trinity Park: 0.3 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks
- Stratton Hill: 7.9 mi
- Rand Hill: 9.5 mi
- The Head: 10.3 mi
- Negro Hill: 10.4 mi
- Cobblestone Hill: 11.5 mi
Nature reserves: 53
- Imperial Mills Dam: 1.8 mi
- Spoon Island: 5.4 mi
- Garden Island: 6.9 mi
- Grand Isle State Park: 7.5 mi
- Cadyville State Forest: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 28
- MacDonough Monument: 0.2 mi
- First Building: 0.2 mi
- Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 0.3 mi
- Fort Scott Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 3.1 mi
Museums: 23
- Kent-Delord House Museum: 0.0 mi
- Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 1.0 mi
- Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 1.0 mi
- Rockwell Kent Collection: 1.1 mi
- Kids' Station Children's Museum: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 11
- Amite Sculpture: 1.1 mi
- Champ sea serpent: 16.7 mi
- Grey Lock: 18.8 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 19.1 mi
- Catamount Statue: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 11
- Milton Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 18.7 mi
- Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 18.7 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 10
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 1.6 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 12.2 mi
- Thayer Beach: 13.8 mi
- Leddy Park Beach: 16.7 mi
- North Beach: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 8
- Airplane: 1.3 mi
- Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Ausable Chasm: 12.2 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 19.0 mi
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Horseshoe Falls: 12.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.2 mi
- Alice Falls: 12.6 mi
- Five Chutes: 18.4 mi
- Winooski Falls: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Potter Mountain Cliff: 21.4 mi
- Tsunami Wall: 21.8 mi
- summit fliff: 22.0 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 24.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Champlain Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Mountain | W 272° | 755 m | 16.3 mi |
| Dannemora Mountain | W 280° | 683 m | 14.1 mi |
| Larry Ryan Mountain | SW 225° | 659 m | 17.2 mi |
| Buckley Mountain | SW 224° | 648 m | 16.0 mi |
| Big Nineteen Mountain | SW 225° | 637 m | 15.9 mi |
| Terry Mountain | SW 232° | 628 m | 14.6 mi |
| North Pole | SW 223° | 611 m | 16.6 mi |
| Nancy Ryan Mountain | SW 222° | 605 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:28 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plattsburgh Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4044174444
Day trips start here
- Colchester · 16 mi
- Winooski · 19 mi
- Burlington · 20 mi
- South Burlington · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Shelburne · 24 mi
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