Lake Myosotis Swimming Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Lake Myosotis Swimming Area is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 468 m. Windham High Peak stands 1,077 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rensselaerville Lower Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 22.7 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lock 7 Dam · 25 mi
- Mohawk River view · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Still Hill: 1.8 mi
- North Hill: 2.2 mi
- Henry Hill: 3.2 mi
- Cheese Hill: 4.1 mi
- Garver Hill: 4.7 mi
- Westerlo Veterans Memorial Town Park: 5.3 mi
- Berne Town Park: 7.3 mi
- Fox Creek Park: 7.3 mi
- Hannacroix Ravine: 8.2 mi
- Lawson Lake County Park: 9.6 mi
- Huyck Felt Mill Ruins: 0.5 mi
- Baptist Church: 0.5 mi
- Hamlet of Rensselaerville: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- foundations of barn: 5.5 mi
- Switz Kill Natural Area: 6.0 mi
- Ski Land Conservation Land: 6.3 mi
- Restifo Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Stone Store State Forest: 8.2 mi
- Keleher Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Rensselaerville Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- Berne Museum: 7.2 mi
- Durham Center Museum: 9.1 mi
- Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center: 10.7 mi
- The Dr. Best House & Medical Museum: 10.8 mi
- Rensselaerville Lower Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rensselaerville Middle Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rensselaerville Upper Falls: 0.5 mi
- Sliding Rock Falls: 8.3 mi
- Dickinson Falls: 8.9 mi
- bridge pylons mural: 16.6 mi
- I ♥ NY: 18.7 mi
- Unity 1970: 20.4 mi
- Labyrinth: 21.6 mi
- Triangles and Arches: 21.6 mi
- Open Seating: 15.0 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Pine Hollow Arboretum: 16.8 mi
- Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park: 17.2 mi
- Howe Caverns: 17.6 mi
- Veterans Garden: 5.3 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 14.4 mi
- Water Garden: 14.4 mi
- Pine Hollow Arboretum: 16.8 mi
- Landis Arboretum: 19.2 mi
- The Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 11.5 mi
- Vromans Nose: 11.5 mi
- Leaning Tower: 11.7 mi
- Fern Garden: 11.7 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 9.8 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 15.0 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 24.9 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 10.6 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 23.2 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.5 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Lake Myosotis Swimming Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windham High Peak | S 179° | 1,077 m | 14.2 mi |
| Richmond Mountain | SSW 211° | 980 m | 12.3 mi |
| Burnt Knob | S 174° | 972 m | 15.2 mi |
| Ashland Pinnacle | SW 217° | 933 m | 14.1 mi |
| Richtmyer Peak | SSW 211° | 910 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Hayden | SSW 198° | 893 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSW 207° | 887 m | 11.1 mi |
| South Mountain | SSW 213° | 880 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:55 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:41 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alcove DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/718380678
Day trips start here
- Albany · 22 mi
- Schenectady · 22 mi
- Rensselaer · 23 mi
- Kinderhook · 25 mi
- Watervliet · 26 mi
- Troy · 27 mi
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