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Veterans Memorial Monument

Veterans Memorial Monument from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Monument is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 398 m. Dundore Mountain stands 1,244 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
veterans
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.44517, -78.87761

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Westover Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Quad: 0.5 mi
  • Denton Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Courtyard: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 21
Artworks: 16
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 6
  • Fear Forest: 7.0 mi
  • Endless View Farms: 19.0 mi
  • Apple Cannon: 19.0 mi
  • Shenandoah Caverns: 21.8 mi
  • Cooter's Luray: 22.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • ISAT Patio: 1.1 mi
  • Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 1.3 mi
  • Heishman Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 14.0 mi
  • Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Veterans Memorial Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dundore MountainWNW1,244 m15.1 mi
Meadow KnobWNW1,184 m15.6 mi
Oak KnobWNW1,175 m14.1 mi
Feedstone MountainNW1,174 m15.2 mi
Bald KnobNW1,124 m14.0 mi
Pond KnobWNW1,098 m14.9 mi
Goods MountainWNW1,088 m13.6 mi
Second MountainNW1,087 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:28
June solstice05:5320:0420:44
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3016:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542526271757366554436
Precip in2.72.23.23.34.03.94.13.83.72.52.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6993880909

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