General Slocum Disaster Memorial
General Slocum Disaster Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is "Uncle" Vito E. Maranzano Glendale Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.9 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Memorial and mass grave in Queens, New York City
Dates from 1905-06-15.
Wikidata Q120643294, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Burning of the Steamship Gen Slocum on the East River June 15 1904 in which 1020 lives were lost.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- "Uncle" Vito E. Maranzano Glendale Playground: 0.3 mi
- Pinocchio Playground: 0.4 mi
- Middle Village Playground: 0.4 mi
- Middle Village Veterans Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Glendale Veterans Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Edward R Miller Square: 0.3 mi
- Frank C. Prokop Square War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Pullis Farm Cemetery Historical Landmark: 0.9 mi
- Korean Square: 1.2 mi
- Betty Smith 1943: 1.4 mi
- Ridgewood Garden: 0.8 mi
- Korean Square: 1.2 mi
- Thomas X. Winberry Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Compost Collective: 1.3 mi
- Project Eden: 1.3 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 1.4 mi
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 2.6 mi
- MV Schamonchi: 2.7 mi
- Education Center: 2.9 mi
- Domestic Animals: 2.9 mi
- Dolphin: 1.4 mi
- Once Upon a Time/ Paper Jungle: 1.8 mi
- Shotgun Home (America): 1.8 mi
- Waking Blind: 1.8 mi
- African American Marbleization: 1.8 mi
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Bone Museum: 3.0 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 3.1 mi
- Queens Museum: 3.1 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.2 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.4 mi
- Rookery: 6.2 mi
- Bird Island: 6.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.0 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.6 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 6.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 1.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Willink Hill: 5.4 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 5.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 5.6 mi
- Street Seats: 4.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.3 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 8.4 mi
- Palisades: 8.8 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Palisades: 13.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.9 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.8 mi
- The Loch: 7.2 mi
- The Falls: 12.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 22.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 22.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 21.7 mi
- Barber: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of General Slocum Disaster Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 318° | 268 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 317° | 230 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 354° | 208 m | 23.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 291° | 179 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 282° | 175 m | 21.8 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 309° | 144 m | 24.3 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 6° | 140 m | 24.9 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 287° | 134 m | 24.3 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 | 18:18 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12839367768
Day trips start here
- Queens · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 3 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 5 mi
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