Veterans of Foreign Wars Flagpole
Veterans of Foreign Wars Flagpole is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Terry Rothfuss Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 7 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rothfuss Park: 0.1 mi
- Greenwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.1 mi
- Schaufelberger Park: 2.3 mi
- Royal Dynasty: 2.4 mi
- Photo City Improv: 4.9 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 5.8 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 5.8 mi
- Eastman Dental Dispensary Building: 6.0 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 5.3 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 5.4 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 6.0 mi
- Kuttruff Hill: 7.1 mi
- Mathewson Hill: 7.7 mi
- Terry Rothfuss Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Penfield Veterns Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Kali Garden: 3.5 mi
- WWII Tragedy: 3.6 mi
- Kate Gleason Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Serenity (Bird in Flight): 0.7 mi
- Daniel Penfield Statue: 2.3 mi
- Parents’ Sacrifice: 3.8 mi
- Nicolaus Copernicus Sgraffito: 3.8 mi
- The Peace and Justice Lion: 3.8 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 3.8 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 4.4 mi
- Fairport Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 5.4 mi
- Memorial Art Gallery: 5.8 mi
- Irene Gossin Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Hipp Brook Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Four Mile Creek Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Four Mile Creek Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 4.3 mi
- Linear Garden: 3.9 mi
- Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 4.0 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 4.2 mi
- Good Luck Garden: 5.6 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Postcard Falls: 3.2 mi
- Densmore Falls: 4.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.9 mi
- High Falls: 7.1 mi
- Norton’s Falls: 7.7 mi
- Windsor Beach: 8.8 mi
- Ontario Beach: 9.7 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 22.5 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 22.6 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Sprong Bluff: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Veterans of Foreign Wars Flagpole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | S 173° | 358 m | 19.2 mi |
| Jakman Hill | SSW 202° | 357 m | 24.0 mi |
| Baptist Hill | S 174° | 356 m | 22.2 mi |
| Hopper Hills | S 182° | 335 m | 15.0 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 186° | 317 m | 22.7 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 185° | 287 m | 19.8 mi |
| Baker Hill | SSE 164° | 282 m | 9.2 mi |
| College Hill | SSW 202° | 267 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webster 2 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8867586047
Day trips start here
- Palmyra · 14 mi
- Farmington · 15 mi
- Williamson · 15 mi
- Canandaigua · 21 mi
- Newark · 21 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 24 mi
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