Frank C. Prokop Square War Memorial
Frank C. Prokop Square War Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridgewood Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.4 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
square in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, United States
Wikidata Q124978691, matched on coordinates and name (2 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 1945
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- FRANK C. PROKOP SQUARE GLENRIDGE POST 34 C.W.V.
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ridgewood Garden: 0.1 mi
- Korean Square: 0.5 mi
- Ridgewood Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Arboleda de Ninos/Children's Grove: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Joseph F. Mafera Park: 0.3 mi
- Evergreen Park: 0.4 mi
- Drumn Circle: 0.5 mi
- Rosemary's Playground: 0.5 mi
- Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Korean Square: 0.5 mi
- Ridgewood War Memorial: 0.6 mi
- General Slocum Disaster Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Edward R Miller Square: 1.0 mi
- Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Bone Museum: 2.2 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 2.5 mi
- Museum of Food and Drink: 3.0 mi
- MV Schamonchi: 2.0 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 2.0 mi
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 2.8 mi
- Education Center: 3.6 mi
- Domestic Animals: 3.7 mi
- Dolphin: 2.1 mi
- Shai Asia Semple: 2.4 mi
- Once Upon a Time/ Paper Jungle: 2.5 mi
- Shotgun Home (America): 2.5 mi
- Waking Blind: 2.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.9 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.2 mi
- Bird Island: 5.5 mi
- Rookery: 5.8 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.0 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 5.5 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.3 mi
- Willink Hill: 4.6 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 4.7 mi
- Breeze Hill: 4.8 mi
- Street Seats: 4.3 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.5 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 7.0 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 8.2 mi
- Palisades: 8.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Palisades: 13.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.9 mi
- The Loch: 7.2 mi
- The Falls: 13.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 21.1 mi
- Barber: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frank C. Prokop Square War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 319° | 268 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 319° | 230 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 356° | 208 m | 23.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 179 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 283° | 175 m | 21.1 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 311° | 144 m | 24.0 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 288° | 134 m | 23.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 238° | 125 m | 13.5 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 | 20:31 |
| 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5579670165
Day trips start here
- Queens · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 4 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 4 mi
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