Cluster · Garapan (Saipan)

American Memorial Park & Micro Beach

Morning cluster: the memorial park, its museum and the beach; flat and open, with tree shade in parts.

Not field-verified

28″ bags

painful

Time budget

half

Rescue coverage

100% ≤7′

max p90 6.1′

Places

Rules in force · 6Hot pavements and long gaps between shade

Northern Mariana Islands ↗US entry rules apply: a US visa, ESTA, or eligibility for the Guam–CNMI Visa Waiver Program. Check US Customs and Border Protection for your passport, and note that the Guam–CNMI waiver does not allow travel on to the rest of the US.
Northern Mariana Islands ↗The CNMI runs its own customs and quarantine check: declare food, plants and animal products on arrival.
Northern Mariana Islands ↗Second World War sites (Banzai Cliff, Tinian's North Field) are memorials; do not remove relics or climb on structures.
Saipan ↗From July to November a typhoon can close the airport and the boats: keep a spare day before an international flight.
Garapan (Saipan) ↗Hot pavements and long gaps between shade: bags go from the car to the door, never on a walk.
Garapan (Saipan) ↗From July to November a typhoon can close the airport and the Managaha boats: keep a spare day before an international flight and check the official forecast.

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Walking weather, next 5 days

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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.

Bound and physics

The park grounds and the beach edge (approximate box).

Slope: flat
Stairs: None
Shade: medium
Surface: grass and paths
Sleep here or visit: visit

Rescue anchors

420 grid cells · 40 m

Green: rescue anchor (always). Amber: heat-only anchor. Red dots: grid cells more than 7 min (p90) from every valid anchor. North is up; not to scale for navigation.

A — Shaded picnic area (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

B — Covered pavilion (field-verify)

seated_rest · shelter · valid: always

C — Visitor centre or café, AC (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · ac · valid: always

D — Park bench (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

E — Shop, AC (field-verify)

food · ac · valid: always

F — Beach kiosk (field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

always: 100% covered, max p90 6.1′, worst cell 6.1′ · heat: 100%

Nodes in this cluster

American Memorial Park
Go in the morning: the memorial court and the beach are open-air and hot by 11:00; leave bags at the hotel.

Edges out

directed

To	How	p50	Climb
Garapan beach road & Paseo de Marianas	Car or taxi	~8 min	flat
Chalan Kanoa & Susupe	Car or taxi	~26 min	flat
Smiling Cove marina & Managaha boats	Car or taxi	~8 min	flat

Red lines here

Memorials: quiet, no climbing on structures.

Around this cluster

Straight-line distance; walk time adds 30% for streets.