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Veterans' Memorial

Veterans' Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans' Memorial is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 29 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1955
Material
stone
Inscription
"IN MEMORIAM TO THOSE FROM GENESEO WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE THAT FREEDOM MIGHT LIVE"

How to reach it

Coordinates42.79419, -77.81746

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Village Park: 0.0 mi
  • Kelsey Field: 0.5 mi
  • Highland Park: 0.7 mi
  • Boyd-Parker State Park: 2.6 mi
  • Long Point Park: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 27
Attractions: 26
  • Grumman F6F Hellcat (Replica): 1.4 mi
  • Minnehans Fun Center: 6.0 mi
  • Marion Steam Shovel: 15.0 mi
  • Rolling Hills Asylum: 17.1 mi
  • Ira Bond Home site: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Artworks: 19
Museums: 17
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fall Brook Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Keshequa Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Spencer J. Roemer Arboretum: 0.4 mi
  • Honeoye Falls Community Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Growing Places Community Garden: 17.1 mi
  • RIT Community Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Bergen Community Garden: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Geneseo Rest Area: 4.7 mi
  • Mount Morris Rest Area: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • St Helena Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
  • Parade Grounds Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Veterans' Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillESE 107°696 m19.8 mi
Canadice HillESE 118°671 m17.0 mi
Worden HillESE 102°666 m20.3 mi
High Point HillESE 118°659 m21.5 mi
Quail HillESE 105°654 m18.9 mi
East HillS 187°623 m20.2 mi
Frog HillS 182°611 m17.7 mi
Marrowback HillSE 128°594 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:24
June solstice05:3420:1120:54
September equinox06:5918:3319:10
December solstice07:3915:5516:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232633455866706962514030
Precip in1.91.52.12.73.13.84.13.33.03.12.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Morris 2 W, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4659803293

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