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New York Fallen Firefighters Monument

New York Fallen Firefighters Monument from directly overhead

New York Fallen Firefighters Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Rocky Hill stands 625 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Emergency Medical Services Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.65094, -73.75792

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Emergency Medical Services Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • New York State Vietnam War Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Albany Medical College: 0.1 mi
  • General Philip Sheridan: 0.1 mi
  • Police Officers Memorial: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • East Capitol Park: 0.1 mi
  • Academy Park: 0.2 mi
  • LaFayette Park: 0.2 mi
  • Corning Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hudson–Jay Park: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 47
Waterfalls: 37
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 35
  • People's Park: 0.4 mi
  • Yolles Contemplation Garden: 0.4 mi
  • South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
  • Ten Broeck Mansion Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Edna Joyce Garden of Hope: 0.8 mi
Artworks: 29
  • I love NY: 0.1 mi
  • Salem 7: 0.1 mi
  • The Cathedral Evening: 0.1 mi
  • Two Lines Oblique: 0.1 mi
  • Geometric Mouse: 0.1 mi
Attractions: 28
  • New York State Capitol Tour: 0.1 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • State Education Building Tours: 0.2 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 0.3 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 0.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 4.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 10.7 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of New York Fallen Firefighters Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillE 89°625 m19.2 mi
Perigo HillE 85°571 m14.9 mi
Buck RockE 94°562 m18.8 mi
The GipfelE 94°561 m14.7 mi
Filkins HillWSW 258°550 m16.8 mi
Johnson HillESE 106°537 m15.6 mi
Dickinson HillENE 60°537 m20.0 mi
Still HillWSW 245°532 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1819:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736486068737164514130
Precip in2.62.33.13.13.44.14.63.83.73.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/190156228

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