Sailors and Soldiers Monument
Sailors and Soldiers Monument is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is John Paul Jones Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
municipal park in the town of Kittery, Maine, United States
Wikidata Q20709329, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1924
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 10.2 mi off the Independence Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- John Paul Jones Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Prescott Park: 0.6 mi
- Aldrich Park: 0.6 mi
- North Mill Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Haven Park: 0.8 mi
- Kittery Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Cook Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Thompson Easement: 1.3 mi
- Kittery Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Kittery Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Warner House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Strawbery Banke Museum: 0.6 mi
- Moffatt-Ladd House Museum: 0.6 mi
- John Paul Jones House: 0.8 mi
- Discover Portsmouth: 0.8 mi
- Horse Chestnut: 0.6 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 0.7 mi
- USS Grayling Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Lafayette Trail: 0.7 mi
- Vigilance: 0.8 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 2.5 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 0.5 mi
- Community Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Victory Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Trial Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 4.1 mi
- Crescent Beach: 4.4 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 4.5 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 4.5 mi
- Rye North Beach: 5.1 mi
- Big Easy Chair: 0.2 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 0.5 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 0.5 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 0.7 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 1.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 0.5 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 2.3 mi
- EDALHAB: 3.3 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 3.8 mi
- Take Flight: 3.9 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 10.0 mi
- Second Falls: 10.0 mi
- Packer's Falls: 10.2 mi
- Hayes Falls: 11.4 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 11.7 mi
- Dover Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Birthday Bay: 3.7 mi
- Front Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 7.9 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 2.3 mi
- Oil House: 2.3 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 2.3 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 9.8 mi
- Front Range Light: 19.7 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 11.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.8 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 12.4 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 14.3 mi
- Lion's Spring: 19.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Sailors and Soldiers Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agamenticus | NNE 17° | 210 m | 10.0 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNE 16° | 118 m | 9.1 mi |
| Third Hill | NNW 347° | 104 m | 6.4 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNE 14° | 98 m | 8.5 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | NNE 30° | 93 m | 10.0 mi |
| Garrison Hill | NW 325° | 89 m | 10.5 mi |
| Stratham Hill | WSW 246° | 88 m | 7.7 mi |
| Great Hill | NNW 340° | 87 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97001639OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Jones, John Paul, Memorial Park, reference 97001639, listed 01/07/98.
OpenStreetMap element way/929363079
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