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Korean War Memorial

Korean War Memorial from directly overhead

Korean War Memorial is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Ivy Hill stands 200 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Canton Waterfront Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. National Historic Seaport runs past it. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1990-05-27

How to reach it

Coordinates39.27750, -76.57353

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Canton Waterfront Park: 0.0 mi
  • Dypski Park: 0.1 mi
  • Canton Square: 0.2 mi
  • Canton Soccer Park: 0.2 mi
  • O'Donnell Square Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Dypski Park: 0.1 mi
  • Historic Canton: 0.2 mi
  • Gold Star Mothers Memorial Flagstaff: 0.7 mi
  • Pulaski Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Vincent Paul Galeano Memorial: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks: 27
  • Federal Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Tank Hill: 2.3 mi
  • German Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Bend Hill: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 17
Picnic sites: 16
Cliffs: 10
  • Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.9 mi
  • Old Quarry: 10.0 mi
  • Quarry (former): 11.5 mi
  • Quarry (former): 11.5 mi
  • Loch Raven Cliffs: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Springs: 3
  • Crises Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Mountain Pass Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Marble Springs: 10.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy HillNNW 337°200 m13.6 mi
Oregon RidgeNNW 338°191 m15.7 mi
Chestnut HillW 276°169 m12.0 mi
The BunkerNW 306°157 m20.8 mi
Abell RidgeNNW 341°155 m9.8 mi
Satyr HillN 10°151 m8.9 mi
Cherry HillNNE 27°149 m15.5 mi
Cub HillNNE 17°147 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:18
June solstice05:4119:5720:37
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2316:0516:47

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373947586777827973615041
Precip in3.12.83.93.53.43.44.74.34.53.53.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1039630720

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