Stonewall National Monument
New York
Tonight
🌗 46% moon
6.3 h fully dark
Crowds
moderate
Open today
Open
Entrance
Free entry
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Before the 1960s, almost everything about living authentically as a lesbian, a bisexual person or a gay man was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for civil rights and provided momentum for a movement.
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No entrance fee.
Hours & seasons
Off peak operation occurs November - April, with the park opening and closing daily from 7 am - 5 pm. Holidays and poor weather can be affect these hours.
Generally open:
winterspringsummerfallHours are reported by the park — verify before you go.
Conditions
Quietest months (fewer crowds): Jan, Feb, Mar, Sep
Typical crowds: moderate
Weather now: ☀️ Clear, 86°F
🌦️ 91°/76°
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☁️ 94°/73°
Typical monthly recreation visits · NPS avg 2023–2025 — orange months are the quietest by crowds.
Quietest months
Relative crowds by month — lighter is quieter; ringed months are the calmest by crowds.
Jan
1%
Feb
0%
Mar
1%
Apr
2%
May
3%
Jun
100%
Jul
3%
Aug
3%
Sep
1%
Oct
2%
Nov
2%
Dec
3%
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Things to do
Be a Junior Ranger at Stonewall National Monument · This booklet can take between 10 minutes and 100 minutes depending on how many activities are completed and how long you take on each activity.
Visitor centers
Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center
Accessibility
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Not an official safety source — always defer to NPS.gov and rangers for life-safety decisions.
By the numbers
A visual read on Stonewall National Monument — its character, trails, sky, and weather.
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How this park scores across the dimensions travelers care about.
Trail difficulty
Difficulty mix across this park's trails.
3-day forecast
Daily high and low temperatures (°F).
People & stories
Figures tied to Stonewall National Monument — each spans a cross-park journey.
Stormé DeLarverie
— Women's History, African American History, New YorkPassport stamps
Mark the stamps you've collected — they show in your memory and along your routes.
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During its ten years, the coffeehouse changed the language of drama as a pioneer of “Off-Off Broadway,” where truly underground content could be explored. The business certainly did not make a lot of money. Cino worked other jobs to make ends meet and to pay off public officials, since he did not have a license as a theatre. Many plays contained gay content, but Caffe Cino’s embrace of bohemian and hippie life defied any single sexual identity or category.
During the first night of the rebellion at least, a small city park across the street from the Stonewall Inn provided refuge for street youths. Christopher Park was their refuge during the day as well from a hard life on the streets.
In 1953, the Eisenhower Administration entered office pledging to clean up the government. As seen with Executive Order 10450, this had devastating effects for thousands of innocent and faithful civil servants. Many LGBTQ Americans were persecuted and faced repercussions from this. Explore this story here.
Within weeks of the Stonewall Rebellion, activists formed the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). However, GLF members quickly divided over strategy. Some wanted to form alliances with other radical groups like the Black Panthers. Others wanted to focus exclusively on gay issues. The latter formed a group of their own, the Gay Activist Alliance, described as a "school for democracy." They set up shop in a former firehouse in Manhattan.
The times are a changin’, and there’s no better time to honor those moments of change than in June. Over the course of America’s history, the month of June is filled with cultural changes, and some seasonal ones too. So just before the season changes and summer begins, take some time to visit these parks that commemorate extraordinary moments.
Manhattan Sites Junior Ranger program that features five units of the National Park Service in the New York City area.
An overview of the volunteer program in Manhattan, New York City and instructions on how to apply for the program.
In the series Pride through the Decades, this is all about pride related events in the 1950's.
How Stonewall National Monument connects
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