Historic site · Pennsylvania
Veteran's Memorial
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.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates41.41837, -75.66579
- 3.4 mi off the Governor Casey Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Gateway to the Endless Mountains
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook (Carbondale) · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Heritage Trail: 0.2 mi
- Chic Feldman Field: 0.3 mi
- Weston Field: 0.4 mi
- Lackawanna Veterans Memorial Plaza: 0.7 mi
- Piazza dell' Arte: 0.8 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: 54
- George Washington Monument: 0.7 mi
- President William McKinley Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.7 mi
- Medal of Honor Memorial: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves: 33
- Montage Mountain Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Rabbit Hollow Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Waverly Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Meadowsweet Preserve: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 15
- Tundra Tornado: 4.6 mi
- Iceberg Alley Luge: 4.7 mi
- Red Barn Village Mini-Golf: 6.5 mi
- Tunkhannock Viaduct: 15.3 mi
- The Mary Stegmaier Mansion: 16.6 mi
Museums: 14
- Civil War Museum: 0.6 mi
- Electric City Trolley Museum: 0.7 mi
- 1902 Roundhouse & Technology Museum: 0.8 mi
- History Museum: 0.8 mi
- George H. Catlin Memorial House: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 12
- Faith - Hope - Love Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Jason Miller: 0.8 mi
- 'The Office' Mural: 0.8 mi
- Christ the Teacher Sculpture: 0.9 mi
- Metanoia: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 9
- Prayer Garden: 0.5 mi
- Mulberry Plaza: 0.9 mi
- Lower Quad: 1.0 mi
- Upper Quad: 1.0 mi
- R. N, Davis Memorial Garden: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Nay Aug Falls: 1.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Falls: 7.3 mi
- Salvatore Falls: 12.0 mi
- Choke Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.8 mi
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
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pine Hill | S 173° | 690 m | 12.7 mi |
| Salem Hill | NE 50° | 686 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | W 279° | 685 m | 4.5 mi |
| Big Shiney Mountain | S 179° | 664 m | 10.2 mi |
| Panther Hill | SSE 166° | 662 m | 11.3 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 325° | 659 m | 3.3 mi |
| Shaver Mountain | WNW 284° | 657 m | 15.3 mi |
| Blair Hill | SSE 150° | 645 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilkes-barre/scranton Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10647849436
Day trips start here
- Scranton · 1 mi
- Dunmore · 2 mi
- Clarks Summit · 6 mi
- Northeastern Pennsylvania · 6 mi
- Factoryville · 12 mi
- Sterling · 14 mi
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