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. 242 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
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
242 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 25 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 |
| Boundary Peak | S 188° | 1,471 m | 7.9 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 |
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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