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Manhasset WWI Memorial

Manhasset WWI Memorial from directly overhead

Manhasset WWI Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Heroes' Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.2 miles off.

The story

station on the Long Island Rail Road in Manhasset, New York

Wikidata Q6749206, matched on coordinates and name (68 m apart).

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates40.79628, -73.69942

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Manhasset Gold Star Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Manhasset Park Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Manhasset Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Manhasset Gold Star Monument: 0.5 mi
  • Plandome War Memorial: 0.8 mi
Gardens
Beaches
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 1.6 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Parsons Beach: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 2.9 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.7 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 10.5 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.1 mi
Attractions
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 7.4 mi
  • Circle Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Pinetum: 7.4 mi
  • Unity Garden: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • West Lindens: 7.8 mi
  • Lindens B: 7.8 mi
  • North Maples: 7.8 mi
  • Lindens A: 7.8 mi
  • Cedars: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 9.7 mi
  • The Loch: 13.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Manhasset WWI Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 345°211 m22.5 mi
Mount NeboNW 326°208 m21.1 mi
Reynolds HillN 350°180 m21.7 mi
Round HillN 4°172 m21.3 mi
Cooney HillN 355°170 m21.1 mi
Kennelwood HillN 351°156 m19.0 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 340°147 m21.6 mi
Beaver HillNNW 340°140 m19.9 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/13610883397

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