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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

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
Historic sites: 59
  • 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
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
Parks
Attractions: 56
  • 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
Gardens: 54
  • 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
Picnic sites: 38
  • 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: 8
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Loch: 14.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 23.4 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 HillNNW211 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboNW208 m21.6 mi
Reynolds HillN180 m22.1 mi
Round HillN172 m21.6 mi
Cooney HillN170 m21.5 mi
Kennelwood HillN156 m19.4 mi
Kykuit HillNNW147 m22.1 mi
Beaver HillNNW140 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 50–80 °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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