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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 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
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
Museums: 35
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 11
  • 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
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 6.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.4 mi
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 MountainWNW 291°523 m7.1 mi
The PinnacleWNW 291°511 m6.4 mi
Winn MountainW 279°503 m7.0 mi
Lyndeborough MountainWNW 290°491 m6.7 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 28°401 m7.5 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNE 35°395 m7.5 mi
Joe English HillN 9°388 m3.7 mi
Piscataquog MountainWNW 295°374 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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