Firemen's Memorial
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Firemen's Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrere Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
Each autumn, the NYC Mayor joins the Fire Commissioner and thousands of uniformed firefighters at the Firemen’s Memorial to honor the memory of firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
The story
The Firemen's Memorial is a 1913 monument on Riverside Drive at 100th Street in Manhattan, New York.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1913.
Wikidata Q18148473, matched on coordinates and name (9 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1913
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Inscription
- Inscription: TO THE MEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT / OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK / WHO DIED AT THE CALL OF DUTY / SOLDIERS IN A WAR THAT NEVER ENDS / THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED / BY THE PEOPLE OF A GRATEFUL CITY / ERECTED MCMXII
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 5.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lotus Garden: 0.2 mi
- La Perla Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mobilization for Change Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Pulpit Green: 0.6 mi
- West Side Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Happy Warrior Playground: 0.3 mi
- Joan of Arc Park: 0.3 mi
- Straus Park: 0.4 mi
- Bloomingdale Playground: 0.4 mi
- Minerva Bernadino Green Street: 0.6 mi
- Straus Monument: 0.3 mi
- Joan of Arc Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Samuel J. Tilden Statue: 0.6 mi
- Seven Generations: 0.6 mi
- The Peace Fountain: 0.6 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.8 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.9 mi
- Bow Bridge: 1.6 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.7 mi
- Bethesda Fountain: 1.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 3.6 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.8 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 5.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 3.9 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 4.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.4 mi
- Great Hill: 0.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.1 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 3.4 mi
- Carrere Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Franz Sigel Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Jacobo Villano Pardo: 0.3 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 0.5 mi
- Kossuth Lajos Statue: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.7 mi
- Street Seats: 3.6 mi
- The Backyard: 5.3 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.3 mi
- The Loch: 0.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.5 mi
- Great Falls: 13.6 mi
- Palisades: 1.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 3.0 mi
- The Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 13.1 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 13.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 22.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 23.1 mi
- Barber: 23.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Firemen's Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 315° | 268 m | 16.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 315° | 260 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 314° | 230 m | 16.5 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 326° | 224 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 17.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 313° | 185 m | 18.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 313° | 180 m | 17.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 274° | 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 | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/357620587
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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