Historic site · Maine
Soldier's Monument
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
- Hermon Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hinkley Hill: 4.8 mi
- Pickard Hill: 6.9 mi
- Kelly Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 59
- West Penjajawoc Grasslands: 6.8 mi
- Northeast Penjajawoc Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Gould Landing: 7.6 mi
- McPhetres Farm Forest: 8.7 mi
- Levant Wetlands: 8.8 mi
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
Historic sites: 17
- Veteran's Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 6.1 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 6.2 mi
- Etna Veterans Memorial: 10.9 mi
Museums: 17
- Maine Air Museum: 4.4 mi
- Cole Land Transportation Museum: 5.0 mi
- Godfrey House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Isaac Farrar Mansion Museum: 6.0 mi
- Zillman Art Museum: 6.2 mi
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
- Rider Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 22.0 mi
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 16.6 miles of Soldier's Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harris | SW 229° | 355 m | 16.4 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SW 228° | 351 m | 12.2 mi |
| Piper Mountain | SW 223° | 318 m | 12.5 mi |
| Frank WEst Mountain | SW 221° | 300 m | 11.9 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SE 131° | 258 m | 16.5 mi |
| Kings Mountain | SE 146° | 256 m | 12.4 mi |
| Copeland Hill | ESE 121° | 222 m | 11.0 mi |
| Jacob Buck Mountain | SSE 151° | 215 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:41 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11897104233
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