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Service Flags

Service Flags from directly overhead

Service Flags is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Makushin Volcano stands 1,811 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Unalaska Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The military flags flown over Unalaska Memorial Park represent the United States Coast Guard, Prisoners of War, Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and the United States Air Force.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates53.87259, -166.52393
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • BIA Hospital 1942 Jun 3: 0.7 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.7 mi
  • WWII Anti-Aircraft Gun: 0.7 mi
  • Unalaska Police Shoulder Patch: 0.7 mi
  • Nirvana ship wreck: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Haystack Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Newhall: 1.0 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bunker Hill Peak: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 17
Parks: 6
  • Unalaska Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Tutiakoff Field: 0.1 mi
  • Tanaadakuchax Park: 0.4 mi
  • Town Park: 0.4 mi
  • Expedition Park: 1.1 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Glass Beach: 1.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Service Flags. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Makushin VolcanoW 274°1,811 m15.8 mi
Table Top MountainNW 317°829 m9.3 mi
Lofty MountainENE 61°695 m10.1 mi
Pyramid PeakSSW 198°651 m1.9 mi
Mount Marshall ReeseWNW 303°596 m14.3 mi
Elizabeth PeakSW 215°590 m6.0 mi
Sugarloaf ConeWNW 283°581 m12.0 mi
Red Cinder DomeWNW 295°574 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:0920:3321:20
June solstice06:3522:4323:42
September equinox08:5320:2021:06
December solstice10:2316:3717:47

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333434374247525449433835
Precip in6.85.24.63.54.22.52.32.95.77.96.77.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dutch Harbor, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8254703162

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