WWII Tragedy
WWII Tragedy is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Perinton Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 5.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 10 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Perinton Park: 0.8 mi
- Edmund Lyon Park: 1.0 mi
- Northside Park: 1.0 mi
- Potter Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Main Street Park: 1.4 mi
- Faith Hope and Charity: 1.3 mi
- American Eagle: 1.4 mi
- Rebecca Well: 1.4 mi
- Daniel Penfield Statue: 1.4 mi
- Thomas Urban Way: 2.2 mi
- Water Wheel: 4.6 mi
- Royal Dynasty: 5.6 mi
- Photo City Improv: 6.1 mi
- RBTL West Herr Auditorium Theatre: 7.1 mi
- West Herr Performing Arts Center: 7.1 mi
- Turk Hill: 4.6 mi
- Baker Hill: 5.7 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hunt Hills: 5.8 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 6.3 mi
- Kate Gleason Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Fullam's Basin: 0.9 mi
- East Rochester World War II Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- East Rochester's Station of Heroes: 1.1 mi
- East Rochester Korea and Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Fairport Historical Museum: 1.3 mi
- Stone Tolan House: 4.3 mi
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives: 5.5 mi
- Valentown Museum: 6.1 mi
- George Eastman Museum: 6.4 mi
- Hart's Woods: 1.8 mi
- Former St. John Fisher Golf Course: 2.3 mi
- Wynd's Woods: 2.3 mi
- Robert C. Corby Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Erie Canal Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 1.1 mi
- Linear Garden: 5.3 mi
- Emmighausen Garden: 5.6 mi
- Wide Water Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Swillburg Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Postcard Falls: 3.0 mi
- Densmore Falls: 6.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.8 mi
- High Falls: 8.2 mi
- Middle Falls: 9.4 mi
- Windsor Beach: 11.9 mi
- Ontario Beach: 12.7 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 19.2 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 19.3 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
- Sprong Bluff: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of WWII Tragedy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain | S 173° | 358 m | 15.5 mi |
| Jakman Hill | SSW 206° | 357 m | 20.9 mi |
| Baptist Hill | S 174° | 356 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hopper Hills | S 184° | 335 m | 11.5 mi |
| Allens Hill | S 188° | 317 m | 19.2 mi |
| Woodchuck Hill | SSW 191° | 297 m | 15.9 mi |
| Taft Hill | S 187° | 287 m | 16.3 mi |
| Lincoln Hill | SSE 147° | 285 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13645959476
Day trips start here
- Farmington · 12 mi
- Palmyra · 12 mi
- Williamson · 16 mi
- Canandaigua · 18 mi
- Newark · 19 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 24 mi
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