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National Memorial · General Grant National Memorial

General Grant National Memorial

Best primary window for General Grant: May, with April and June as strong shoulder months.

The final resting place of President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia, is the largest mausoleum in North America. It testifies to a people’s gratitude for the man who ended the bloodiest conflict in American history as Commanding General of the Union Army and then, as President of the United States, strove to heal a nation after a civil war and make rights for all citizens a reality.

This page identifies General Grant National Memorial from the checked-in NPS snapshot and the dated source cards on the page.

Answer Brief

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use
General Grant National Memorial is listed as a National Memorial in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.
Current signal
General Grant National Memorial is listed as a National Memorial in NY in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.
Visitor takeaway
Hours, access, and visitor guidance for General Grant National Memorial are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm.
What it sounds like
General Grant audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

General Grant National Memorial is listed as a National Memorial in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation
National Memorial
Data snapshot
October 27, 2026
4 source cards
Official NPS
GEGR
Region
coastal atlantic
Core Experiences
architecture-and-buildingburial-cemetery-and-gravesitemonuments-and-memorialspresidentsreconstructionGuided ToursJunior Ranger ProgramPark FilmMuseum ExhibitsShopping

Month-by-month

General Grant National Memorial is a National Memorial. Hours, access, and visitor guidance are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm.

Official page

The NPS page for General Grant National Memorial: https://www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Source cards

4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation

General Grant National Memorial is listed as a National Memorial in NY.

Getting there

Official access details for General Grant are on the NPS page.

General Grant National Memorial is located in Riverside Park, on the upper west-side of Manhattan. The entrance to the mausoleum is between north-bound and south-bound Riverside Drive, near the intersection of West 122nd Street. The visitor center is located to the west, across south-bound Riverside Drive. Street parking is available but can be very hard to find. The area is well-served with both bus and subway, by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (http://www.mta.info/).

Place instrument

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Season and now

Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.

Current hand
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Three listening lanes

Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.

Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.

Jamcorder: Shared station.

Text equivalent for the seasonal place clock
MonthVisitabilityCrowd pressure
January4924
February5324
March6028
April6342
May6458
June6276
July5992
August6090
September6174
October6156
November5834
December5228

The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.

Methodology

This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for General Grant National Memorial, the 4 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.

  • Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
  • Source cards: 4

Data Behind This Reading

Source provenance

NPS identity

high

General Grant National Memorial is identified as National Memorial with NPS code gegr.

Available · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Official operations

limited

Official alerts should be verified on the NPS page. This site uses a checked-in snapshot, not a live operations feed.

From the data snapshot · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Weather and seasonality

limited

General Grant National Memorial is listed as a National Memorial in the NPS snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Modeled · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

How this page is assembled

limited

place page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source