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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: 25
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
Picnic sites: 6
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
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 15.6 miles of Veterans Memorial Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dundore MountainWNW 293°1,244 m15.1 mi
Meadow KnobWNW 286°1,184 m15.6 mi
Oak KnobWNW 282°1,175 m14.1 mi
Feedstone MountainNW 313°1,174 m15.2 mi
Bald KnobNW 315°1,124 m14.0 mi
Pond KnobWNW 284°1,098 m14.9 mi
Goods MountainWNW 299°1,088 m13.6 mi
Second MountainNW 315°1,087 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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