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Soldier's Monument

Soldier's Monument from directly overhead

Soldier's Monument is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Mount Harris stands 355 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Built
1901
Material
granite
Inscription
/In Memory Of The/Defenders Of Our Country/By The Veterans/Of Hermon/1861-1865

How to reach it

Coordinates44.82091, -68.89463

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Hermon Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
  • Union Street Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
  • Brown Woods: 3.7 mi
  • Capehart Playground: 3.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 53
Artworks: 18
  • UMA Moose Statue: 4.5 mi
  • Together Place: 6.1 mi
  • Spring Woods: 6.1 mi
  • Paul Bunyan: 6.1 mi
  • An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 6.1 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 16
Attractions: 13
  • "IT" Movie Manhole Cover: 5.5 mi
  • Bangor YMCA: 6.0 mi
  • Hollywood Casino: 6.2 mi
  • Penobscot Theatre: 6.2 mi
  • Maine Discovery Museum: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 1.7 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Children's Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lovers Leap: 5.5 mi
  • Monroe Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Sandy Point Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Dunn Beach: 24.7 mi
  • Otis Beach: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Soldier's Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HarrisSW355 m16.4 mi
Peaked MountainSW351 m12.2 mi
Mount WaldoS320 m16.6 mi
Piper MountainSW318 m12.5 mi
Frank WEst MountainSW300 m11.9 mi
Kings MountainSE256 m12.4 mi
Copeland HillESE222 m11.0 mi
Jacob Buck MountainSSE215 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0918:48
June solstice04:5019:4120:26
September equinox06:2317:5618:35
December solstice07:1115:0915:58

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564706860483726
Precip in3.22.43.23.63.33.93.23.13.84.63.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11897104233

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