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Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Soldiers and Sailors Monument from directly overhead

Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Major Mark Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.9 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1896
Material
bronze;westerly granite

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71168, -73.78854

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Major Mark Park: 0.0 mi
  • Kingsford Triangle: 0.0 mi
  • Gardener Triangle: 0.2 mi
  • Avalon Terrace Park: 0.2 mi
  • Harvard Playground: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Tree of Life Organic Garden: 0.8 mi
  • George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Discovery Community Garden 1: 1.2 mi
  • Discovery Community Garden 2: 1.2 mi
  • Cunningham Park Entrance: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 2.2 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Circle Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Unity Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 55
  • Queens High Point: 4.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 5.9 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Janes Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Willink Hill: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Picnic Area D: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.8 mi
  • Palisades: 13.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.2 mi
  • The Loch: 10.6 mi
  • The Falls: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 343°208 m24.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 286°179 m24.8 mi
Kennelwood HillN 4°156 m24.6 mi
Beaver HillN 355°140 m24.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 246°125 m18.8 mi
Jayne's HillENE 69°122 m20.3 mi
Harbor HillNE 52°106 m9.9 mi
West HillsENE 69°106 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/261906205

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