Skip to content
Byway
Historic site · New York

Kissena Park World War I Monument

Kissena Park World War I Monument from directly overhead

Kissena Park World War I Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kissena Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.

About

The story

park in New York, United States of America, United States of America

Wikidata Q6417172, matched on coordinates and name (238 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
1921
Material
stone
Inscription
MEMORIAL KNOLL TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR ERECTED 1921
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74691, -73.80597
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 1.0 mi
  • Circle Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Unity Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 1.5 mi
  • Fox Oaks: 1.5 mi
  • Haym Salomon: 1.7 mi
  • Flushing Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Eric Maleh: 1.8 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 6.9 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.3 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 4.6 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 5.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Janes Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Morris: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Street Seats: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.2 mi
  • Palisades: 10.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.4 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • The Loch: 8.7 mi
  • The Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Kissena Park World War I Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 343°208 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 281°179 m23.3 mi
Kennelwood HillN 6°156 m22.3 mi
Kykuit HillN 355°147 m23.8 mi
Beaver HillN 357°140 m22.2 mi
Hackley HillN 354°140 m22.6 mi
Tappan HillN 354°127 m22.6 mi
Todt HillWSW 238°125 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11232675434

More historic sites in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore historic sites
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Kissena Park World War I Monument.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens