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Women's Federation Monument

Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New JerseyZeete · CC BY-SA 4.0
Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
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Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0
Women's Federation Monument, a historic site in New Jersey
Famartin · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Women's Federation Monument is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Horse Stable Mountain stands 325 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is State Line Lookout, a park 0.6 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway runs past it.

About

The story

monument to the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs and the preservation of the Palisades

Dates from 1919.

Wikidata Q87327552, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Height
5 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.98076, -73.90943

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Cliffs
Historic sites
  • Border Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Foundation Ruins: 1.3 mi
  • Peanut Leap Cascade: 1.6 mi
  • Flag Pole: 2.2 mi
  • Ice House: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Armstrong inventor of FM radio: 1.2 mi
  • Henry Hudson: 1.3 mi
  • Saint Anthony Holding Baby Jesus: 2.6 mi
  • Water Music: 3.2 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Garden Remants: 1.4 mi
  • The Vista: 1.5 mi
  • Rock and Stream Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Stumpery: 1.6 mi
  • Temple of Love: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Walled Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Bronxville Giving Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Pure Love Organic Farms: 6.2 mi
  • PS24 Garden: 6.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 39
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Falls: 7.3 mi
  • The Loch: 13.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.5 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 17.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Women's Federation Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse Stable MountainNW 322°325 m16.4 mi
Catamount MountainNW 325°325 m16.5 mi
Ramapo MountainsNW 323°317 m16.5 mi
Stag Hill/Houvenkopf MountainWNW 302°282 m16.3 mi
High MountainW 267°268 m15.1 mi
Beech MountainW 270°260 m16.0 mi
Green HillWNW 299°248 m16.5 mi
High TorNNW 349°244 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2140785461

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