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Veterans Memoria

Veterans Memoria from directly overhead

Veterans Memoria is a historic site in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Mineral Hill stands 328 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Benjamin Franklin, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 4.8 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Dedicated to the Veterans of Franklin County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.44538, -91.00635

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Friendship Park: 0.3 mi
  • K-9 -n- Kiddos Park: 0.3 mi
  • Union City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Union Rotary Park: 0.6 mi
  • Union City Lake Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Old Bus Stop and Gallery Route 66: 6.6 mi
  • Big Foot: 13.1 mi
  • Haunted Emmaus Asylum: 13.7 mi
  • Meremec Caverns: 14.9 mi
  • Meramec Caverns: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 25
  • 9-11 Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 0.8 mi
  • Disabled Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
  • Bassora Cemetery Memorial: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 20
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 17
  • Dunn Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Roaring Spring: 12.1 mi
  • La Jolla Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Copper Hollow Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Camper Spring: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Twimsberg Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Seebach Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Lionshead Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Wunderblick Beach: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Museums: 7
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Shelter bluff: 19.9 mi
  • Climbing Area: 20.2 mi
  • Vilander Bluff: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Westbound): 9.1 mi
  • Saint Clair Rest Area (Eastbound): 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Creekside: 20.3 mi
  • Hillside: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Memoria. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mineral HillSSW328 m21.5 mi
Sandy HillSSE307 m24.0 mi
Berry HillSSE293 m24.4 mi
Kaiser HillNW280 m18.8 mi
Tavern RockNE272 m17.6 mi
Chinkapin HillESE262 m17.5 mi
Bald HillW248 m15.2 mi
Herman's HilltopESE248 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:16
June solstice05:4119:5220:32
September equinox06:5218:2819:03
December solstice07:1916:0616:47

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747586775797869584637
Precip in2.72.53.95.04.94.24.73.83.63.33.72.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5531251549

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