Veterans' Monument
Veterans' Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Indian Head Mountain stands 1,083 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornell Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 8 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 14 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 14 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cornell Park: 0.0 mi
- T. R. Gallo Park: 0.2 mi
- Block Park: 0.4 mi
- Hasbrouck Park: 0.5 mi
- James Reiker Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Golden Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hussey Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fly Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pink Hill: 3.3 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 0.2 mi
- M. E. Church: 2.5 mi
- Fountain: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Kiln: 6.0 mi
- Coward's Falls: 4.2 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 7.0 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 9.7 mi
- Cantine Dam Falls: 10.8 mi
- Winchell's Falls: 11.0 mi
- Northeastern Cave Conservancy: 0.8 mi
- High Banks Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Walter Williams Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Turkey Point State Forest: 6.9 mi
- Rock Oak Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Indian Rock: 6.2 mi
- Trap Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Bard Rock: 8.2 mi
- Gnome Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Snake Rocks Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History: 0.1 mi
- Hudson River Maritime Museum: 0.3 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 0.3 mi
- Trolley Museum of New York: 0.3 mi
- Kingston Pop Museum: 1.4 mi
- Wishbone: 7.9 mi
- America: 8.0 mi
- Stargon: 8.8 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 8.8 mi
- Tomorrow: 9.4 mi
- Rondout Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Formal Gardens: 7.3 mi
- Ellipse: 7.4 mi
- Rough Garden: 7.4 mi
- Kingston Point Beach: 1.4 mi
- Flint Beach: 4.2 mi
- Esopus Meadows Beach: 4.4 mi
- Walnut Beach: 4.6 mi
- Private Beach: 5.5 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 0.2 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 4.7 mi
- Pompey’s Cave: 11.9 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 12.6 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 12.6 mi
- Bear Wallow: 15.5 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 16.8 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 21.2 mi
- Table Mountain Spring: 21.9 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 22.8 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Veterans' Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Head Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,083 m | 15.1 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | NNW 334° | 956 m | 12.7 mi |
| Plattekill Mountain | NNW 338° | 942 m | 14.0 mi |
| South Twin | NNW 329° | 881 m | 14.9 mi |
| Hilltop | S 176° | 862 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ticetonyk Mountain | WNW 296° | 765 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Guardian | NW 324° | 640 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tonshi Mountain | WNW 298° | 607 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:53 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10969785633
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