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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 286 m. Jackman Hill stands 664 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway runs past it. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.70214, -78.68209

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.0 mi
  • West Falls JP Nicely Park: 0.7 mi
  • Chestnut Ridge SleddingHills: 3.5 mi
  • Chestnut Ridge Park: 4.0 mi
  • Birdsong: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Roycroft Renaissance Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 11.3 mi
  • Start Over Again: 14.6 mi
  • Shark Girl: 15.7 mi
  • Vroom, Shhh: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 57
  • Fisher Price Toy Store: 6.0 mi
  • Hamburg Fairgrounds: 7.2 mi
  • Historical Building: 7.2 mi
  • Firemens Building: 7.3 mi
  • Lucy Smith & Colesville: 13.7 mi
Museums: 40
  • Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum and ScheideMantel House: 5.4 mi
  • Orchard Park Historical Society: 5.5 mi
  • Millard Fillmore House: 5.5 mi
  • Roycroft Campus: 5.5 mi
  • Toy Town Museum: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 32
Nature reserves: 17
  • Anna Mae Bacon Bird Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
  • Hampton Brook Woods Wildlife Management Area: 7.9 mi
  • Penn Dixie Fossil Park & Nature Reserve: 9.2 mi
  • Erie County Forest: 12.1 mi
  • Erie County Forest: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 14
Cliffs: 10
  • Mossy Point: 7.8 mi
  • old gravel pit: 18.4 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 19.1 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 19.2 mi
  • Onondaga Escarpment: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Gallagher Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Zoar Valley Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Emerald Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Wendt Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Bennett Beach: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Amanda's Place Pavilion: 11.1 mi
  • Hammock Haven: 15.3 mi
  • Pavilion #2: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Melissa's Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

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
Jackman HillS 179°664 m24.8 mi
Tug HillSSE 160°654 m24.7 mi
Canada HillS 169°647 m24.6 mi
Pigeon HillSE 146°624 m23.6 mi
Crumb HillS 185°622 m23.7 mi
Blue HillSSE 151°614 m15.8 mi
Bailey HillS 184°612 m23.6 mi
Parker HillS 185°605 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:3820:1420:57
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4315:5916:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232331435564686660493929

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colden 1 N, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12963646438

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