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Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 474 m. Bears Head stands 634 m to the south-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hazle Township Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
To all those who served their country in the past millennium in hope of peace for those who will serve in the present.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.98047, -76.00656
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hazle Township Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 1.4 mi
  • James Street Playground: 1.6 mi
  • 12th Ward Park: 1.6 mi
  • Altmiller Playground: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Butler Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Buck Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Little Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • National Shrine of the Sacred Heart: 2.0 mi
  • Lattimer Massacre Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Massacre Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Massacre Grave: 2.3 mi
  • Butler Township Honor Roll: 2.5 mi
Artworks: 27
Nature reserves: 22
Museums: 15
  • Conyngham Historical Society: 3.2 mi
  • Eckley Miner's Village Museum: 7.9 mi
  • The No. 9 Coal Mine & Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Summit Hill Historical Society: 12.8 mi
  • Berwick Historic Society: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Lukes Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Cave Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Terrace Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Onoko Falls: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Whitewater Challengers: 11.6 mi
  • Whitewater Rafting Adventures: 13.4 mi
  • 100 Mile View: 16.3 mi
  • The Big Cow: 18.5 mi
  • Pocono Whitewater: 18.6 mi
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Blue Ridge Travel Plaza: 7.1 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Northbound: 8.7 mi
  • Luzerne County Rest Area Eastbound: 10.9 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Westbound: 12.8 mi
  • Columbia County Rest Area Eastbound: 12.9 mi
Springs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Eagle Rock Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access: 14.5 mi
  • Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Access: 16.3 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Gorgeous Rocks: 14.3 mi
  • Devil's Elbow: 14.8 mi
  • Bear Mountain Overlook: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Camp Apple Tree: 14.5 mi
  • Memorial Class Of 1916: 23.3 mi
  • C. Q. McWilliams Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bears HeadSSW 203°634 m9.8 mi
Wyoming MountainNE 35°618 m20.0 mi
Buck MountainENE 59°603 m4.7 mi
Arbutus PeakNNE 32°595 m14.6 mi
Green MountainNE 51°592 m6.1 mi
Buck MountainW 259°592 m10.7 mi
Bear RockENE 78°587 m19.2 mi
Catawissa MountainWSW 255°571 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3319:5920:40
September equinox06:5218:2719:03
December solstice07:2615:5616:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634475766706862513930
Precip in3.93.04.24.44.65.15.24.75.24.84.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mahanoy City 2 N, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6822858266

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