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The Fontana Rotary - Veteran's Park Plagpole Memorial

The Fontana Rotary - Veteran's Park Plagpole Memorial from directly overhead

The Fontana Rotary - Veteran's Park Plagpole Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 373 m. Telegraph Peak stands 2,713 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

Railway station in Fontana, the United States of America.

Wikidata Q5465123, matched on coordinates and name (885 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Inscription
"When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?" -George Canning Fontana expresses its eternal gratitude to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who secure for us the blessings of liberty. Presented November 2013 By the Members of Fontana
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.08994, -117.43089
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
  • Santa Fe Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fontana Farms Historic Site: 0.7 mi
  • Sinclair Commercial Block Heritage Site: 0.7 mi
  • Miller Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Peak 1913: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Jurupa: 4.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Pedley Hills High Point: 6.4 mi
  • North Hill: 7.5 mi
Attractions
  • World's Largest "Paper" Cup: 7.8 mi
  • Primer Mcdonal's: 8.0 mi
  • Camera Obscura: 8.2 mi
  • Galleano Winery: 8.5 mi
  • Martha Mclean Anza Narrows: 8.6 mi
Historic sites: 58
  • Fontana Farms Company: 0.7 mi
  • In Memory Of PFC Richard A. Noelke, USA - KIA Vietnam 6 Nov 1965: 3.9 mi
  • In Memory Of SP/4 John A. Rogers, USA - KIA Vietnam 20 Apr 1968: 4.0 mi
  • In Memory Of PFC Kenneth J. Redondo, USA - Died While in Service to His Country: 4.2 mi
  • In Memory Of Sgt. David J. Rideout, USA - KIA Vietnam 16 Jan 1969: 4.2 mi
Museums: 57
Gardens: 57
  • Guasti Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Rose Garden at Fairmount Park: 7.3 mi
  • Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District: 7.9 mi
  • Native plant garden: 8.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 36
Springs: 22
  • Convict Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Grapevine Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Dustin Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Cassina Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Hidden Springs: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Etiwanda Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Bonita Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 13.1 mi
  • San Antonio Falls: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Rock Climbing: 9.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 11.3 mi
  • shooting gallery: 19.2 mi
  • Keller Cliffs: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of The Fontana Rotary - Veteran's Park Plagpole Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telegraph PeakNW2,713 m15.3 mi
Cucamonga PeakNW2,695 m12.7 mi
Etiwanda PeakNW2,640 m12.5 mi
Ontario PeakNW2,640 m14.6 mi
Thunder MountainNW2,613 m15.7 mi
Bighorn PeakNW2,575 m13.8 mi
Timber MountainNW2,521 m14.2 mi
Sugarloaf PeakNW2,091 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:3919:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5216:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565760636873798078706255
Precip in2.63.11.60.80.30.00.00.00.10.40.81.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ontario Intl AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1473998833

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