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Veteran's Memorial Park

Veteran's Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veteran's Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Orangetown Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
19 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.04084, -73.98195

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orangetown Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
  • Schaefer Park: 1.2 mi
  • South Orangetown Middle School Park: 1.6 mi
  • Stanaland Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Christopher Columbus: 1.2 mi
  • Saint Anthony Holding Baby Jesus: 3.1 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 4.0 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 4.1 mi
  • Approach: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Cliffs
  • Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • The Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 10.3 mi
  • Palisades: 10.5 mi
Attractions
  • Philipsburg Manor: 7.0 mi
  • Garden Remants: 7.0 mi
  • The Vista: 7.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 7.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 7.1 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 21
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 7.2 mi
  • Area B: 8.7 mi
  • Area C: 8.8 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 12.6 mi
  • The Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Veteran's Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNNW 331°384 m12.5 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNNW 329°378 m11.8 mi
Ladentown MountainNNW 334°378 m12.4 mi
Diamond MountainNW 320°378 m12.6 mi
Tuxedo RockNW 326°358 m12.6 mi
Raccoon Brook HillNW 318°353 m11.9 mi
Bald MountainWNW 296°351 m12.6 mi
Limekiln MountainNNW 336°342 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed34 obs
  • wineberry32 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer24 obs
  • American Robin22 obs
  • ground-ivy22 obs
  • eastern poison ivy22 obs
  • Asian bittersweet20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357610721

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