Firemen's Monument
Firemen's Monument is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Sheep Hill stands 276 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Church Square Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
The Firemen's Monument is a 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) tall monument in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, that was designed by American sculptor Caspar Buberl and completed in 1891. The monument was built to commemorate the Volunteer Fire Department in Church Square Park on May 30, 1891.
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Wikidata Q5451913, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1891
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Church Square Park: 0.0 mi
- Stevens Park: 0.3 mi
- Hudson Park: 0.3 mi
- Madison Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Sinatra Park: 0.3 mi
- Hoboken Fire Department Museum: 0.2 mi
- Hoboken Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Whitney Museum of American Art: 1.3 mi
- Ground Zero Museum Workshop: 1.4 mi
- Gagosian: 1.5 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 0.2 mi
- Structural Steel Teaching Aid: 0.3 mi
- Francis Albert Sinatra: 0.3 mi
- American Spread Wing Eagle: 0.4 mi
- Torch Bearers: 0.4 mi
- Frank Sinatra's Birthplace: 0.3 mi
- Little Island: 1.2 mi
- Pier 55: 1.2 mi
- Chelsea Market: 1.3 mi
- Fireboat John J. Harvey: 1.4 mi
- Riverside Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Grove Court: 1.6 mi
- School Garden of City-As: 1.7 mi
- Jeff Dullea Inter-Generational Garden: 1.8 mi
- Winston Churchill Square Garden: 1.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 0.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 0.7 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.4 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.6 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Bird Island: 3.6 mi
- Audubon Park: 3.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.8 mi
- Kings Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.9 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.9 mi
- Hoboken Second World War memorial: 0.3 mi
- Gate House: 0.4 mi
- Neumann Smokestack: 0.4 mi
- Columbus Statue: 0.4 mi
- Hoboken First World War memorial: 0.5 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 3.7 mi
- Street Seats: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 5.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.6 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.4 mi
- Palisades: 0.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.9 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 12.3 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 12.4 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 12.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 10.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.4 mi
- Barber: 18.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Firemen's Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Hill | WNW 302° | 276 m | 23.0 mi |
| High Mountain | NNW 331° | 268 m | 18.0 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 309° | 268 m | 22.8 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 310° | 263 m | 22.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 330° | 260 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 17.7 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NNW 330° | 219 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 15° | 208 m | 21.9 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 86003454OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Firemen's Monument, reference 86003454, listed 10/30/86.
OpenStreetMap element node/2726853514
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- Hoboken · 0 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chelsea · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Gramercy Flatiron · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Midtown East · 2 mi
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