Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial
Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice Memorial Stadium, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34855090, matched on coordinates and name (31 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 6.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rice Memorial Stadium: 0.4 mi
- Colucci Playground: 0.6 mi
- Keane Square: 0.7 mi
- Hutchinson River Parkway: 0.8 mi
- Burns Playground: 0.9 mi
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: 1.5 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 3.3 mi
- Poe Cottage: 3.8 mi
- Maritime National Museum: 3.8 mi
- Dolphin: 2.0 mi
- Wilhelm Tell: 2.2 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 2.3 mi
- Shamrock: 2.4 mi
- Farragut Monument: 3.4 mi
- Garden in the Park: 2.2 mi
- Rockefeller Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 2.7 mi
- Edible Academy: 2.7 mi
- Ornamental Conifers: 2.8 mi
- Glen Island: 2.9 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 4.6 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 5.6 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.8 mi
- Manor Beach: 5.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.2 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 4.0 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 4.6 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 5.2 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 5.2 mi
- Vault Hill: 4.7 mi
- Marble Hill: 4.8 mi
- Bronx High Point: 5.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 5.3 mi
- Tetards Hill: 5.4 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 1.9 mi
- World of Birds: 2.8 mi
- Dholes: 2.8 mi
- Jungle World: 2.9 mi
- Bears: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.1 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Street Seats: 9.7 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 10.9 mi
- Glover's Rock: 1.3 mi
- Westchester Square: 1.4 mi
- 9/11: 1.7 mi
- Split Rock: 2.3 mi
- Ghost Bike: Michael Needham: 2.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Palisades: 6.7 mi
- The Palisades: 8.3 mi
- Raven's Rock: 16.7 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 17.3 mi
- The Loch: 8.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 15.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 15.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 15.4 mi
- Great Falls: 19.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 4.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 5.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 16.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 291° | 230 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sarles Hill | N 5° | 216 m | 20.5 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 345° | 214 m | 19.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | N 2° | 211 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 338° | 208 m | 14.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 9° | 180 m | 17.6 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 24° | 172 m | 18.9 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 16° | 170 m | 17.7 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 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357611293
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Mount Vernon · 4 mi
- Pelham · 4 mi
- Bronxville · 6 mi
- Larchmont · 6 mi
- New Rochelle · 6 mi
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