Veterans Park Memorial Site
Veterans Park Memorial Site is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Red Hill stands 540 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- In honor and remembrance of past, present, and future veterans of Shafter.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
- Rodriguez Park: 0.4 mi
- Stringham Park: 0.9 mi
- Shafter Town Square: 1.0 mi
- Kirschenmann Park: 1.0 mi
- The Green Hotel: 0.9 mi
- Harlin P. Wilson Agricultural Museum: 1.0 mi
- Shafter Depot Museum: 1.0 mi
- Depot Museum: 1.0 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 6.0 mi
- Brushy Hill: 16.2 mi
- Mount Poso: 17.4 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 18.9 mi
- Knob Hill: 19.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 22.4 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 14.0 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 14.3 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 14.9 mi
- checkpoint: 20.5 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 6.0 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 13.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 22.3 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 23.7 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 15.0 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 16.8 mi
- Mon Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 9.2 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 17.7 mi
- Rio Bravo: 18.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park Memorial Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | ENE 73° | 540 m | 23.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 91° | 483 m | 22.4 mi |
| Hillcrest Point | SW 222° | 470 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Poso | ENE 67° | 369 m | 17.4 mi |
| Brushy Hill | E 87° | 367 m | 16.2 mi |
| Knob Hill | ENE 75° | 329 m | 19.6 mi |
| Ant Hill | ESE 101° | 288 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 59 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wasco, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1088251070
Day trips start here
- Buttonwillow · 10 mi
- Bakersfield · 18 mi
- McKittrick · 23 mi
- Kern County · 26 mi
- Taft · 27 mi
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