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Manhasset Gold Star Monument

Manhasset Gold Star Monument from directly overhead

Manhasset Gold Star Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Patriots' Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.7 miles off.

The story

hamlet and census-designated place on Long Island, New York, United States

Wikidata Q286148, matched on coordinates and name (207 m apart).

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79113, -73.69221

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Freddy's Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Colonial Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Clark Community Garden: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Manhasset Gold Star Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Manhasset Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Manhasset Park Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Manhasset WWI Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Munsey Park Vietnam Memorial: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Beaches
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 2.1 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Parsons Beach: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 2.7 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.7 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 10.5 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 11.6 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 7.5 mi
  • Circle Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 7.6 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Pinetum: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • West Lindens: 7.3 mi
  • Lindens B: 7.3 mi
  • North Maples: 7.3 mi
  • Lindens A: 7.3 mi
  • Cedars: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.2 mi
  • The Loch: 14.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Manhasset Gold Star Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 344°211 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboNW 326°208 m21.6 mi
Reynolds HillN 350°180 m22.1 mi
Round HillN 3°172 m21.6 mi
Cooney HillN 354°170 m21.5 mi
Kennelwood HillN 350°156 m19.4 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 339°147 m22.1 mi
Beaver HillNNW 340°140 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13610833880

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