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Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. New Ipswich Mountain stands 563 m to the east-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is World War 2 Honor Roll, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
This monument is dedicated to all from Winchendon who served honorably in the defense of our country in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you: ask what you can do for
Getting there

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Coordinates42.68221, -72.04955

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 0.2 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 6.2 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 7.6 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 14.4 mi
  • Armillary: 15.5 mi
Parks
  • Monument Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wendall P. Clark Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hyde Park: 0.3 mi
  • Winchendon Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Militia Training Field: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Benjamin Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 1.3 mi
  • Tallow Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Nineteenth Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Whitney Hill: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Nutting Ledges: 7.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 8.1 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 10.0 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 10.4 mi
  • Barrett House: 10.9 mi
Museums: 31
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 0.1 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 7.0 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 7.0 mi
  • Gardner Museum: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 23
Beaches: 21
  • North Camping Area Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 3.4 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 3.9 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 4.0 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Spirit Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 13.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
New Ipswich MountainENE 57°563 m8.0 mi
Mount WataticE 83°555 m8.0 mi
Pratt MountainENE 62°551 m7.5 mi
Stony TopENE 59°531 m7.7 mi
Nutting HillENE 78°491 m7.8 mi
Little Watatic MountainE 92°478 m6.8 mi
Fisher HillE 91°468 m7.5 mi
Emerson HillENE 73°460 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828
Precip in3.53.23.93.73.64.54.44.34.34.93.94.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birch Hill DAM, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7092066233

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