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Slocum Disaster Memorial

Slocum Disaster Memorial from directly overhead

Slocum Disaster Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tompkins Square Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1906
Inscription
In memory of those who lost their lives in the disaster to the steamer General Slocum June XV MCMIV / Dedicated by the Sympathy Society of German Ladies The Year Of Our Lord MCMVI
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.72690, -73.98137
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Milan R. Stefanik: 0.1 mi
  • Samuel Sullivan Cox: 0.1 mi
  • Peter Stuyvesant: 0.4 mi
  • Daniel D. Tompkins: 0.4 mi
  • Antonín Dvořák: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.4 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.4 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Loch: 4.8 mi
  • The Falls: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Slocum Disaster Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 326°268 m20.3 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 308°263 m24.7 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m21.3 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 325°230 m20.0 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m22.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m21.7 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m21.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5526994817

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