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Veterans' Monument

Veterans' Monument from directly overhead

Veterans' Monument is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Overlook Mountain stands 956 m to the north-northwest, 13 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.

The record

What the record says

Built
1943
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.91897, -73.98642

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 0.2 mi
  • M. E. Church: 2.5 mi
  • Fountain: 2.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Kiln: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • 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
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 40
Museums: 34
Artworks: 24
  • Wishbone: 7.9 mi
  • America: 8.0 mi
  • Stargon: 8.8 mi
  • Parliament of Reality: 8.8 mi
  • Tomorrow: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 23
  • 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
Beaches: 20
  • 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
Attractions: 13
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • Bear Wallow: 15.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 15.5 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 21.2 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Veterans' Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Overlook MountainNNW 334°956 m12.7 mi
Plattekill MountainNNW 338°942 m14.0 mi
HilltopS 176°862 m10.2 mi
Ticetonyk MountainWNW 296°765 m13.2 mi
Mount GuardianNW 324°640 m12.8 mi
Tonshi MountainWNW 298°607 m12.0 mi
Roundtop MountainNW 308°605 m14.4 mi
Beetree HillNW 311°554 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10969785633

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