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Kingsley Veterans Memorial

Kingsley Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Kingsley Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Briar Hill stands 517 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kingsley Veterans Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
IN RECOGNITION OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GAVE OF THEMSELVES UNSELFISHLY IN SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF KINGSLEY TO HONOR ALL VETERANS
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Coordinates44.58446, -85.53902
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kingsley Veterans Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Brownson Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.3 mi
  • Civic Center South: 0.6 mi
  • Mayfield Pond Park: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Artworks: 25
  • Duet: 11.1 mi
  • Frida Kahlo: 11.2 mi
  • Uranus: 11.3 mi
  • Neptune: 11.5 mi
  • Boardman Serenade: 11.6 mi
Museums: 22
Peaks: 21
  • Pierce Hill: 7.9 mi
  • McCrea Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Observation Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Twin Mountains: 13.0 mi
  • Wayne Hill: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Rope Swing: 8.0 mi
  • Suspendend Overlook: 9.3 mi
  • Hill to the Lake: 9.3 mi
  • Woodchip Hill: 9.4 mi
  • S-Curve: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Hull Park Butterfly Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Traverse City Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Challengers Island Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Salvation Army Daycare Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Secret Garden: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Northrup Grave: 5.2 mi
  • Gravesite of Traverse Colantha Walker: 12.5 mi
  • St. Francis A.D. 1887: 12.6 mi
  • Grand Traverse Veterans Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • Larry Cole Hardy: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 9
  • West End Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Torch Lake Sand Bar Public Access Point: 21.3 mi
  • Public Access: 21.8 mi
  • North Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Archie Valleau Landing: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kingsley Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Briar HillSSW 205°517 m16.6 mi
Briar HillSSW 206°410 m14.4 mi
Exodus HillNNW 326°370 m15.1 mi
Twentyone HillE 94°358 m18.8 mi
Twentyone HillE 97°357 m18.7 mi
Gallagher HillNW 325°355 m16.3 mi
Varney HillNW 309°337 m21.4 mi
Champion HillW 280°337 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1619:55
June solstice05:5820:4721:32
September equinox07:3019:0319:42
December solstice08:1716:1717:05

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182027405363676559463524
Precip in2.31.71.93.33.43.23.53.53.33.92.92.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fife Lake 2wnw, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12980729444

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