Eternal Light Flagstaff
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Eternal Light Flagstaff is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Madison Square Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
The Eternal Light Flagstaff is a memorial monument located in Madison Square Park in Manhattan, New York City which was dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11, 1923, and commemorates the return to the United States of members of the United States armed forces who fought in World War I, who were officially received by the city on that site in 1918. It was designed by architect Thomas Hastings of Carrère and Hastings, and consists of a flagstaff and a sculpture by Paul Wayland Bartlett. The memorial was commissioned by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker and cost $25,000 to construct. It was completed in 1924. The 125-foot (38 m) flagstaff was originally made of Oregon pine, which in 1976 was replaced with one made from metal. At the top is a luminere in the shape of a star, which, as a tribute to those who gave their lives in the war, is intended to be lit at all times. The lights inside it are connected in such a way that if one circuit fails, another one would take over. The flagstaff is set on an ornamental pedestal made of Milford pink granite, with a cap made of bronze which includes garlands and rams heads. The pedestal is inscribed with the sites of battles, as well as a tribute to those soldiers, sailors and marines who died in the war. The inscription reads, in part:
An Eternal Light An inspiration and a Promise of Enduring Peace This star was lighted November XI MCMXXIII
In memory of those who have made the supreme sacrifice for the triumph of the Free Peoples of the World
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Wikidata Q17509630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
- Inscription
- An Eternal Light An inspiration and a Promise of Enduring Peace This star was lighted November XI MCMXXIII In memory of those who have made the supreme sacrifice for the triumph of the Free Peoples of the World
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Madison Square Park: 0.0 mi
- Worth Square Park: 0.1 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Gramercy Park: 0.3 mi
- Chelsea Green: 0.4 mi
- William Henry Seward Monument: 0.0 mi
- Roscoe Conkling: 0.1 mi
- Admiral David Glasgow Farragut: 0.1 mi
- Chester Alan Arthur: 0.1 mi
- Triad: 0.4 mi
- General Worth Monument: 0.0 mi
- Police Officer Moira Ann Smith Playground: 0.1 mi
- New York Life Insurance Company War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Bishop Nekolay: 0.1 mi
- New York Life Insurance Company Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Flatiron District: 0.1 mi
- Flatiron Building: 0.1 mi
- Chelsea Flea Market: 0.1 mi
- Cocktail Kingdom: 0.1 mi
- The Friends Experience: 0.3 mi
- National Museum of Mathematics: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Sex: 0.2 mi
- Poster House: 0.3 mi
- Yeshiva University Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Museum at FIT: 0.4 mi
- Gandhi Garden: 0.5 mi
- The New School (Lang College) Park: 0.6 mi
- Jeff Dullea Inter-Generational Garden: 0.7 mi
- Asser Levy Sidewalk Arboretum: 0.8 mi
- East Side Outside Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.6 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Bird Island: 3.2 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.5 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.0 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Great Hill: 4.1 mi
- Street Seats: 2.2 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.3 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.8 mi
- Palisades: 2.6 mi
- Palisades: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Palisades: 10.6 mi
- The Loch: 3.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.7 mi
- The Falls: 12.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.2 mi
- Barber: 20.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Eternal Light Flagstaff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 325° | 268 m | 19.2 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 307° | 263 m | 23.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 324° | 260 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 325° | 230 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 21.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 323° | 185 m | 20.6 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 323° | 180 m | 20.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 290° | 179 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 1 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 1 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 1 mi
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