Yorktown Monument
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Yorktown Monument is a historic site in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Church Hill stands 30 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Yorktown Monument Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Parkway runs past it. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Yorktown Victory Monument is a monument erected in Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, Virginia, commemorating the 1781 victory at Yorktown and the alliance with France that brought about the end of the American Revolution and the resulting peace with England after the American Revolutionary War. Designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the monument was installed in 1884. At the top stands a figure of Liberty sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward. That element was destroyed by lightning in 1942. It was replaced in 1957 by a figure of Victory by Oskar J. W. Hansen.
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Dates from 1884-10-10.
Wikidata Q118946961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1884-08-12
- Height
- 98 feet
- Elevation
- 13 m
- Material
- granite
- Inscription
- One Country - One Destiny - One Constitution
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Yorktown Monument Park: 0.0 mi
- Cornwallis Surrender Cave Park: 0.1 mi
- Yorktown River Park: 0.2 mi
- Yorktown Market Days Park: 0.4 mi
- Yorktown Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Cornwallis' Cave: 0.1 mi
- Vintage CG Uniforms: 1.6 mi
- CGC Cuyahoga Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Living Classroom: 1.7 mi
- Bell Blake CG: 1.7 mi
- Hubba Hubba Highway: 7.3 mi
- Meltdown: 7.3 mi
- Nitro Racer: 7.4 mi
- Big Daddy Falls: 7.5 mi
- Former Dive Show Area: 7.5 mi
- TRADOC Emblem: 6.4 mi
- Reinvented: 10.5 mi
- Memory of Green: 10.6 mi
- Cast Bronze by M Cleveland: 10.9 mi
- Girl with Butterfly: 11.2 mi
- Colonial National Historic Park Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center: 0.2 mi
- Museum on Main: 0.3 mi
- Watermen's Museum: 0.5 mi
- American Revolution Museum at Yorktown: 0.8 mi
- Aids to Navigation Museum: 1.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 4.4 mi
- Jenny Russell Giving Garden: 4.9 mi
- David Morton House Garden: 10.6 mi
- Bassett Hall Garden: 10.6 mi
- Christiana Campbell’s Tavern Garden: 10.6 mi
- Yorktown Beach: 0.2 mi
- Kingsmill Beach: 8.7 mi
- Huntington Beach: 15.3 mi
- Fossil Beach: 16.5 mi
- Grandview Beach: 16.9 mi
- Kingsmill Resort Audubon Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Mathews County Land Conservancy: 14.1 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Pipsico Reservation: 20.7 mi
- York River Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Chestnut Bluffs: 14.4 mi
- Holly Point: 17.9 mi
- Pig Hill: 13.1 mi
- Church Hill: 16.9 mi
- Mount Folly: 18.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 19.4 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yorktown Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hill | NNW 342° | 30 m | 16.9 mi |
| Pig Hill | N 3° | 21 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Folly | NW 318° | 6 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport News Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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