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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. East Hill stands 239 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Isle View Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.3 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.00937, -78.90571

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Isle View Park: 0.5 mi
  • Niawanda Park: 0.7 mi
  • Elmwood Park: 1.2 mi
  • Clinton Park: 1.3 mi
  • Tonawanda Intermodal Hub: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • All Heroes Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Tonawanda Civil War Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Armed Forces: 1.9 mi
  • U.S. Marine Corps Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Navy Seabees Memorial: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 58
  • Delaware Park Japanese Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • Gemsbok: 5.4 mi
  • Vanishing Animals North: 5.5 mi
  • Zebra: 5.5 mi
  • Amphibian and Reptile House: 5.5 mi
Museums: 48
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 15
Waterfalls: 14
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion #2: 3.2 mi
  • Eco Island: 5.5 mi
  • Locust Grove Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Amanda's Place Pavilion: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Beaver Island Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Emerald Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Gallagher Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Bedford Beach: 20.8 mi
  • Wendt Beach: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Saratoga Hill (9m): 7.1 mi
  • Sledding hill: 12.0 mi
  • West Hill: 15.6 mi
  • East Hill: 17.4 mi
  • Sledding Hill: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East HillE 94°239 m17.4 mi
West HillE 97°228 m15.6 mi
Saratoga Hill (9m)SE 125°180 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:28
June solstice05:3720:1620:59
September equinox07:0418:3719:15
December solstice07:4415:5816:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634455767717062514031
Precip in3.22.42.93.63.43.33.53.13.93.93.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Tonawanda, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer53 obs
  • Wild Turkey24 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull21 obs
  • Mallard17 obs
  • Canada Goose17 obs
  • American Robin17 obs
  • common buckthorn17 obs
  • creeping thistle17 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/50761291

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