Tower of Victory
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Tower of Victory is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clinton Square, a park 0.3 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Memorial tower in Newburgh, New York.
Dates from 1887.
Wikidata Q132180582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawkwatch · 19 mi
- High Exposure · 19 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 20 mi
- Artist's Rock · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clinton Square: 0.3 mi
- Unico Park: 0.5 mi
- Colden Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Downing Park: 0.7 mi
- Delano-Hitch Park: 0.9 mi
- Snake Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sloop Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Cronomer Hill: 3.3 mi
- North Beacon Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Day Game: 5.2 mi
- Muro Series X: 5.2 mi
- A Moment in Time: 5.2 mi
- Fayette: For Charles and Medgar Evers: 5.3 mi
- Mahatma: 5.3 mi
- City of Beacon War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Mount Culian: 2.5 mi
- Beacon Hill Incline Railway Powerhouse: 3.0 mi
- Bannerman Castle: 3.1 mi
- American revolution signal Beacon monument: 3.4 mi
- Roe Park: 4.3 mi
- Stonykill Environmental Education Center: 4.9 mi
- Open Space Institute: 8.1 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 8.5 mi
- Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 9.0 mi
- Motorcyclepedia Museum: 1.3 mi
- Dia:Beacon: 1.4 mi
- National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: 3.2 mi
- Edmonston House: 4.1 mi
- Hudson Highlands Nature Center - Wildlife Education Campus: 4.2 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 15.1 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 15.1 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 16.7 mi
- Ocean Explorer: 17.6 mi
- LEGO Build-A-Boat: 17.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Hell Hole: 12.0 mi
- Kaal Rock: 14.7 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 17.8 mi
- Gertrudes Nose: 18.4 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 5.9 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Cut Garden: 12.7 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 14.1 mi
- LG waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Awosting Falls: 20.1 mi
- Saw Mill Falls: 20.1 mi
- Peter's Kill Falls: 20.2 mi
- Sheldon Falls: 20.2 mi
- Canopus Beach: 9.7 mi
- Berean Park Beach: 15.3 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 15.6 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 17.5 mi
- Brick Beach: 17.7 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Dicktown: 12.2 mi
- Doodletown: 13.7 mi
- Trapps Mountain Hamlet Historic District: 19.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 8.6 mi
- Kakiat Park: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Tower of Victory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schunnemunk Mountain | SW 217° | 507 m | 9.2 mi |
| South Beacon Mountain | ESE 109° | 491 m | 3.5 mi |
| North Beacon Mountain | ESE 101° | 465 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 87° | 456 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lambs Hill | E 93° | 454 m | 4.2 mi |
| Spy Rock | S 185° | 441 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bull Hill | SSE 146° | 433 m | 5.0 mi |
| Crows Nest | SSE 168° | 429 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/328227882
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 6 mi
- Highlands · 10 mi
- Putnam County · 14 mi
- Stony Point · 18 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 21 mi
- New City · 24 mi
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