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Monfort Cemetery

Monfort Cemetery from directly overhead

Monfort Cemetery is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Polish American Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.9 miles off.

About

The story

Cemetery in Port Washington, New York.

Dates from 1737.

Wikidata Q6899369, matched on coordinates and name (70 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
2017
Material
aluminium
Inscription
GRAVESITES OF EARLY SETTLERS BURIED FROM 1737 TO 1892 INCLUDING THE ONDERDONK, HEGEMAN, DODGE, RAPELJE AND SCHENCK FAMILIES.
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
William G. Pomeroy Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.83091, -73.68196

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 1.1 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Sands Point Village Beach: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Queens High Point: 5.4 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 7.8 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 10.1 mi
Parks
Artworks
Attractions: 56
Historic sites: 55
  • Replica of Cow Bay working boat: 1.1 mi
  • Sandminers Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Manorhaven War Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Manorhaven 9/11 Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Alicia Patterson: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Colonial Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Freddy's Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Bird and Butterfly Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Lindens B: 8.8 mi
  • West Lindens: 8.8 mi
  • Lindens A: 8.8 mi
  • North Maples: 8.8 mi
  • Cedars: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Loch: 14.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Monfort Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW211 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboNW208 m19.8 mi
Reynolds HillNNW180 m19.5 mi
Round HillN172 m18.9 mi
Cooney HillN170 m18.8 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW156 m16.8 mi
Prospect HillNNW148 m22.2 mi
Kykuit HillNNW147 m19.8 mi
Conditions

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13297200910

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