John Brown Memorial Statue
John Brown Memorial Statue is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 567 m. Algonquin Peak stands 1,555 m to the south, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is John Brown Farm State Historic Site, a attraction 0.1 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1935-05-09
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- John Brown | 1800-1859
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 1.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 15.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Heaven Hill: 1.6 mi
- Scotts Cobble: 2.2 mi
- Peacock Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.8 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 4.0 mi
- Weeping Winds: 4.5 mi
- Moss Cliff: 6.4 mi
- The Courthouse: 8.2 mi
- Wallface: 8.5 mi
- Mid's Park: 2.7 mi
- Kiwanis Teddy Bear Park: 2.8 mi
- Brewster Park: 2.8 mi
- Baldwin Park: 8.6 mi
- Prescott Park: 9.0 mi
- Monument Falls: 4.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.4 mi
- Wanika Falls: 5.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 5.7 mi
- MacIntyre Falls: 6.5 mi
- John Brown Farm State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Sky Flyer Zipline: 0.3 mi
- Skyride: 0.5 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex: 0.5 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 3.3 mi
- 1980 Winter Olympic cauldron: 0.8 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 1.0 mi
- World War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 2.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Henry's Woods: 1.0 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 1.3 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 8.7 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 8.9 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 11.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 2.3 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 2.3 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 9.3 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 9.4 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 18.1 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 10.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 18.7 mi
- Goolds Garden: 18.7 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 2.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 8.6 mi
- Tahawus: 14.5 mi
- Footbridge Park: 18.6 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of John Brown Memorial Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Peak | S 186° | 1,555 m | 7.6 mi |
| Wright Peak | S 183° | 1,389 m | 7.0 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | SE 134° | 1,280 m | 7.0 mi |
| Nye Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,271 m | 5.2 mi |
| Phelps Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,268 m | 7.1 mi |
| Street Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,265 m | 5.8 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,249 m | 6.0 mi |
| Porter Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,240 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3641161413
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 19 mi
- Westport · 27 mi
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