Gandhi Memorial
Gandhi Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. East Boston Hill stands 486 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Walton Woods Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 5.0 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2020-10-02
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- "You must be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi / Mahatma Gandhi / 2 October 1869 - 30 January 1948 // Gandhi Memorial / Town of Amherst / 02 October 2020
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 15.7 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bridge overlook · 10 mi
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 10 mi
- Duck Blind · 11 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Walton Woods Park: 0.3 mi
- Marshal Court: 0.6 mi
- South Ellicott Lawn: 0.7 mi
- Student Park: 0.9 mi
- Special Events Field: 1.0 mi
- Kanazawa Seal: 0.5 mi
- Baird Point Columns: 0.9 mi
- Grace N. Seitz McCombs: 1.0 mi
- East Pediment, Sun-up: 1.1 mi
- Progress Pride Paths: 1.1 mi
- Giraffes: 6.4 mi
- Addax: 6.4 mi
- Roan Antelope: 6.4 mi
- Zebra: 6.4 mi
- Amphibian and Reptile House: 6.4 mi
- Di Martino Garden: 0.5 mi
- Amherst Memorial Hill Grove: 1.3 mi
- Erin: 2.9 mi
- Marian Grotto: 3.0 mi
- Amherst Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
- disAbility museum: 4.0 mi
- The Meeting House: 4.0 mi
- Railroad Museum of the Niagara Frontier: 4.8 mi
- Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum: 4.8 mi
- Benjamin Long Homestead Musuem: 4.9 mi
- Grace Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Tribute Garden: 7.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 8.2 mi
- Greenwood Garden: 8.4 mi
- 5 Loaves Farm: 8.7 mi
- Spicer Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Scenic Woods: 6.9 mi
- Strawberry Island: 8.4 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 8.6 mi
- Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve And Environmental Education Center: 9.4 mi
- Glen Falls: 4.0 mi
- Indian Falls: 12.1 mi
- Akron Falls: 14.9 mi
- Upper Akron Falls: 15.0 mi
- Royalton Falls: 15.1 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 5.1 mi
- old gravel pit: 9.2 mi
- Niagara Escarpment: 11.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 12.1 mi
- Devil's Hole Gulch: 15.7 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 11.0 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 11.0 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 11.0 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 13.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.1 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 9.5 mi
- Emerald Beach: 10.7 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 12.6 mi
- Bedford Beach: 16.8 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 11.8 mi
- Eco Island: 11.9 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gandhi Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Boston Hill | S 173° | 486 m | 24.7 mi |
| East Hill | E 99° | 239 m | 11.2 mi |
| West Hill | ESE 105° | 228 m | 9.4 mi |
| Nichols Hill | ENE 76° | 225 m | 23.5 mi |
| Saratoga Hill (9m) | S 187° | 180 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:58 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Tonawanda, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11126587377
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