Katyn Memorial
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Katyn Memorial is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sky Cache, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
The Katyń Memorial is a bronze statue created by Polish-American sculptor Andrzej Pitynski in dedication to the victims of Stalin's March 5, 1940 Katyn massacre in which thousands of Polish Army officers and intellectual leaders who had been interned at Kozielsk or imprisoned at Ostashkov and Starobielsk had been killed by the occupying Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, or NKVD. The memorial stands at Exchange Place in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, near the mouth of the Hudson River. Unveiled in June 1991, the statue depicts a bound and gagged Polish soldier with a bayoneted rifle impaled through his back. The statue stands 34-foot-tall (10-meter) and is atop a granite base containing Katyn soil. Its base also depicts a Polish woman carrying her starving child in memorial to the Polish citizens deported to Siberia that began shortly before the massacre.
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Dates from 1991-05-19.
Wikidata Q6378565, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sky Cache: 0.1 mi
- Hyatt Jersey City Sundial: 0.2 mi
- Beacon: 0.5 mi
- Pavonia Arcs: 0.7 mi
- Pylons: 0.8 mi
- J. Owen Grundy Park: 0.1 mi
- Paulus Hook Park: 0.3 mi
- General Nathanael Greene Park: 0.3 mi
- Morris Canal Peninsula Park: 0.5 mi
- Fitzgerald-Holota Memorial Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Museum of Russian Art: 0.2 mi
- Skyscraper Museum: 1.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial & Museum: 1.1 mi
- Ellis Island Immigration Museum: 1.2 mi
- MĒRCER LABS: 1.2 mi
- Colgate Clock: 0.3 mi
- Sherman Zwicker: 0.9 mi
- One World Trade Center: 1.1 mi
- Barthman's Sidewalk Clock: 1.3 mi
- Saint Paul's Chapel: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Tree Grove: 0.5 mi
- Terminal Field: 0.7 mi
- North Cove Field: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Crescent Field: 1.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 1.1 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.3 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 2.4 mi
- Jersey City 9/11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- The Morris Canal: 0.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- JCPD: 0.5 mi
- Empty Sky: 0.6 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.1 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.1 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.2 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Bird Island: 2.2 mi
- Audubon Park: 2.9 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 1.9 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.3 mi
- Street Seats: 5.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.1 mi
- The Loch: 6.6 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 13.6 mi
- Palisades: 1.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 13.6 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 13.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.3 mi
- Barber: 17.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Katyn Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 334° | 268 m | 19.6 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NW 312° | 268 m | 24.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 314° | 263 m | 23.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 332° | 260 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 333° | 230 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 14° | 208 m | 23.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 331° | 185 m | 20.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 331° | 180 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Hoboken · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Greenwich Village · 2 mi
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