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Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Florida, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Sugar Hill stands 6 m to the south-southwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrabelle History Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY runs past it. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

Brick wall with soldiers name on bricks.

How to reach it

Coordinates29.85280, -84.66779

Overlooks nearby

83 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
  • Tillie Miller Park: 0.4 mi
  • George Sands Park: 0.5 mi
  • Island View Park: 1.9 mi
  • John David Patton Park: 1.9 mi
  • Crooked River Lighthouse Park: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Oyster Boat: 12.2 mi
  • Alligator Point: 16.0 mi
  • Journeys of Saint George Island: 17.3 mi
  • Nurse Sharks: 20.5 mi
  • Pickleariun: 20.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Bear Creek Rise: 15.2 mi
  • Crays River Rise: 18.2 mi
  • Panacea Mineral Spring 3: 20.8 mi
  • Panacea Mineral Spring 2: 20.8 mi
  • Panacea Mineral Spring 1: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Shelter 20: 9.9 mi
  • Doyle's Creek: 14.8 mi
  • Nick's Hole: 21.0 mi
  • Tully Park: 21.1 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Sugar Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Southern Dunes: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Herb Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugar HillSSW 206°6 m9.8 mi
Southern DunesENE 78°2 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1919:50
June solstice06:3920:0820:43
September equinox07:2819:0519:37
December solstice07:3117:0817:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525561677480828278706054

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Panacea 1 S, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4697923017

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