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Veteran's Memorial

Veteran's Memorial from directly overhead

Veteran's Memorial is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Rose Mountain stands 523 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Carleton Pond Park, a park 0.1 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.89505, -71.67396
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carleton Pond Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hartshorn Pond Park: 2.3 mi
  • Upper Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Civil War Common: 3.2 mi
  • School St Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 9.3 mi
  • City Lights: 11.4 mi
  • First Friendship: 11.4 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 11.4 mi
  • Commitment: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 59
  • Amherst Civil War Monument: 3.2 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Police Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Clifford Nyquist Memorial: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Frog Rock: 3.6 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 12.6 mi
  • Barrett House: 13.3 mi
  • Everett Dam: 13.7 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 14.5 mi
Museums: 35
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 9
  • Upper Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Middle Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Senter Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 6.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Veteran's Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose MountainWNW523 m7.1 mi
The PinnacleWNW511 m6.4 mi
Winn MountainW503 m7.0 mi
Lyndeborough MountainWNW491 m6.7 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE401 m7.5 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNE395 m7.5 mi
Joe English HillN388 m3.7 mi
Piscataquog MountainWNW374 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/246344444

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