Historic site · New York
To All Veterans, Living or Dead
To All Veterans, Living or Dead is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Luna Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
Coordinates40.57781, -73.97812
- 17.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Luna Playground: 0.1 mi
- Neptune Playground: 0.1 mi
- Victory Garden: 0.4 mi
- Asser Levy Park: 0.4 mi
- Steeplechase Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
- Sideshows by the Seashore: 0.2 mi
- The Tickler: 0.2 mi
- Thunder Bolt: 0.2 mi
- Coney Island Cyclone: 0.2 mi
- Coney Island Hang Glider: 0.3 mi
Beaches
- Coney Island Beach: 0.4 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 1.8 mi
- Kingsborough Beach Park: 2.2 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 2.9 mi
- Fort Tilden Beach: 4.7 mi
Gardens
- Santos White Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 0.9 mi
- Edible Schoolyard NYC: 0.9 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 1.8 mi
Museums
- Harbor Defense Museum: 3.6 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 4.0 mi
- Ryan Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Mont Sec House: 4.7 mi
Artworks
- K. 159: 0.2 mi
- Tagging Robot: 0.2 mi
- First Symphony of the Sea: 0.3 mi
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument: 0.4 mi
- Giant Squid: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Bill Brown Post Memorial: 1.8 mi
- September 11th Victims Memorial: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Piping Plover Protected area: 3.4 mi
- Swinburne Island: 3.9 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 4.1 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 4.6 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 50
- Battle Hill: 5.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 5.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 5.6 mi
- Quaker Hill: 5.8 mi
- Fox Hills: 5.8 mi
Picnic sites: 36
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.2 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.4 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 8.5 mi
- Freedom Field: 9.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 8.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.6 mi
- North Tower: 12.5 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Palisades: 11.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Hawk Hill: 20.5 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 23.0 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Fallkill Falls: 5.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.8 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.0 mi
- The Loch: 15.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 15.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of To All Veterans, Living or Dead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 319° | 179 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 310° | 175 m | 21.1 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 312° | 134 m | 24.3 mi |
| Todt Hill | WNW 282° | 125 m | 7.3 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 220° | 120 m | 16.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 219° | 106 m | 16.3 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 49° | 106 m | 23.4 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 302° | 92 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9002019117
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- Queens · 9 mi
- Staten Island · 9 mi
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