Morris Park World War Memorial
Morris Park World War Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lieutenant Frank McConnell Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.3 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lieutenant Frank McConnell Park: 0.0 mi
- Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park: 0.3 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.4 mi
- Jacob Riis Triangle: 0.7 mi
- Maurice A Fitzgerald Playground: 0.7 mi
- Dunton Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Paradise Community Garden NY: 1.3 mi
- George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Back To Eden Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 1.4 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.4 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 2.5 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 2.7 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 3.0 mi
- Queens Museum: 3.7 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 5.7 mi
- Rookery: 5.7 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 6.3 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.5 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 7.7 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 8.5 mi
- Richmond Hill Branch: 0.5 mi
- Richmond Hill War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 1.6 mi
- Woodhaven Library: 1.8 mi
- Betty Smith 1943: 1.8 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 1.6 mi
- Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 3.5 mi
- JFK: 3.5 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 3.6 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.6 mi
- Queens High Point: 7.2 mi
- Willink Hill: 7.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 7.7 mi
- The City Don't Sleep: 0.5 mi
- Egret: 1.0 mi
- William "Dollar" Beamon: 1.3 mi
- Absent Monuments: 1.5 mi
- Dolphin: 1.6 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Area D: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area G: 5.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Palisades: 11.4 mi
- The Palisades: 18.4 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 23.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.9 mi
- The Loch: 9.8 mi
- Great Falls: 24.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morris Park World War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | WNW 291° | 179 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 283° | 175 m | 24.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 247° | 125 m | 16.4 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 68° | 122 m | 22.7 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 53° | 106 m | 12.2 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 68° | 106 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 344° | 85 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 70° | 85 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11756646529
Day trips start here
- Queens/Forest Park · 1 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 1 mi
- Queens · 5 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 6 mi
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