Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial is a lighthouse in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 352 m. Sugar Rock stands 174 m to the south-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Deleware Avenue Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 4.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial is a 352-foot (107 m) tall column and U.S. national memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, built to commemorate commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near South Bass Island. One of the largest naval engagements of the War of 1812, the battle saw American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry lead a United States Navy squadron to victory over a smaller Royal Navy force under Robert Heriot Barclay. Located on an isthmus on the island, the memorial also celebrates the lasting peace between Britain, Canada, and the United States that followed the war.
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Wikidata Q2071814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 352 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 20 mi
- Observation tower · 28 mi
- Duck blind · 28 mi
- Big Hill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCann Field: 0.3 mi
- DeRivera Park: 0.3 mi
- Oak Point State Park: 0.8 mi
- Lonz Boat House Ruins: 1.2 mi
- Captain Alfred Parker Park: 1.4 mi
- Cooper's Woods Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Benjamin Woods Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Duff Homestead & Bayfront Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Dodge Woods Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Duff Woods Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Perry's Cave Family Fun Center: 1.1 mi
- Butterfly House: 1.1 mi
- Benson Ford Shiphouse: 1.5 mi
- Steel Vengeance: 13.1 mi
- Lake Eerie Nor'easter: 13.1 mi
- Battle of Lake Erie Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Jay Cooke Mansion: 0.6 mi
- Cooke Castle: 0.6 mi
- Hotel Victory: 1.5 mi
- Hotel Victory Pool Ruins: 1.6 mi
- Deleware Avenue Beach: 0.1 mi
- Swimming Beach: 0.5 mi
- Stone Beach: 1.6 mi
- St. Hazards Beach: 1.7 mi
- Lime Kiln Beach: 2.1 mi
- Lake Erie Island Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Skip's Antique Car Barn: 1.0 mi
- Lake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife Center: 1.4 mi
- Historical Association Museum: 6.5 mi
- Lakeside Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
- Joseph DeRivera Statue: 0.4 mi
- Scheible-Downing Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 1.5 mi
- Atlas: 1.9 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 5.6 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 2.9 mi
- Green Island Lighthouse: 3.0 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 9.6 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 9.6 mi
- West Sister Island Light: 16.5 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 1.9 mi
- School Garden: 6.3 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 8.1 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 8.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 8.6 mi
- Willow Point: 15.1 mi
- Canvasback Point: 15.6 mi
- Winous Point: 16.4 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Sugar Rock: 6.5 mi
- Taft Hill: 12.9 mi
- westbound rest area: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Rock | SSW 200° | 174 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:28 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/377745265
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- Oak Harbor · 20 mi
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