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Veteran's Memorial

Veteran's Memorial from directly overhead

Veteran's Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 210 m. Big Pine Hill stands 690 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Trail, a park 0.2 miles away. Governor Casey Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

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Coordinates41.41837, -75.66579

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Trail: 0.2 mi
  • Heritage Trail: 0.2 mi
  • Chic Feldman Field: 0.3 mi
  • Heritage Trail: 0.4 mi
  • Weston Field: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Baby Bell: 3.2 mi
  • West Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Coon Hill: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 34
  • Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
  • Waverly Preserve: 7.6 mi
Museums: 15
Attractions: 15
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 9
Waterfalls: 9
Beaches: 6
  • Gouldsboro State Park Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Tobyhanna Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Deer Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Tall Timber Beach: 22.4 mi
  • Gravel Beach: 24.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Sand Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Pocono Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Octave Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Bill Warner Spring: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Campbell's Ledge: 7.8 mi
  • The View (Abderdeen Road Overlook): 9.9 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Manny Gordon Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
  • Horeshoe picnic grove: 19.5 mi
  • Willow picnic grove: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Roadside Rest: 17.6 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 23.4 mi
  • Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Veteran's Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Pine HillS 173°690 m12.7 mi
Salem HillNE 50°686 m14.1 mi
Pinnacle RockW 279°685 m4.5 mi
Pinnacle RockW 281°681 m4.6 mi
Big Shiney MountainS 179°664 m10.2 mi
Panther HillSSE 166°662 m11.3 mi
West MountainNW 325°659 m3.3 mi
Bald MountainSSW 198°658 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:3019:5920:40
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2615:5216:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506169747265534333
Precip in2.62.12.83.33.33.83.63.94.13.72.82.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10647849436

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