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Champlain Monument

Champlain Monument from directly overhead

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.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Samuel Champlain 1567 1655Navigator, Discoverer, Colonizer
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.70031, -73.44720

Overlooks nearby

Around it

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
Nature reserves: 58
Historic sites: 32
  • MacDonough Monument: 0.2 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 0.2 mi
  • First Building: 0.2 mi
  • Trinity Episcopal Church - 1830: 0.3 mi
  • Fort Scott Memorial: 0.8 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
Gardens: 15
Artworks: 11
Beaches: 11
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 12.2 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 8
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
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Champlain Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnson MountainW 272°755 m16.3 mi
Dannemora MountainW 280°683 m14.1 mi
Larry Ryan MountainSW 225°659 m17.2 mi
Buckley MountainSW 224°648 m16.0 mi
Big Nineteen MountainSW 225°637 m15.9 mi
Terry MountainSW 232°628 m14.6 mi
North PoleSW 223°611 m16.6 mi
Nancy Ryan MountainSW 222°605 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:0919:5920:44
September equinox06:4218:1518:53
December solstice07:2915:2816:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130445664706860483726
Precip in1.41.21.32.62.94.13.63.63.13.02.31.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plattsburgh Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4044174444

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