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Burden Iron Lower Works

Burden Iron Lower Works from directly overhead

Burden Iron Lower Works is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Misery Mountain stands 793 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is King Fuels, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
The lower works of the Burden Iron Company is where the company forged their famous horseshoes for the Union Army during the Civil War and consumers after the war.
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How to reach it

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Coordinates42.70696, -73.69960

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • King Fuels: 0.2 mi
  • Burden Iron Works: 0.3 mi
  • Colonel Philip Schuyler House Foundations: 0.5 mi
  • Burden Iron Works: 0.5 mi
  • Taras Shevchenko: 0.6 mi
Parks
  • South Troy Swimming Pool: 0.4 mi
  • Pershing Green Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Schuyler Flatts Cultural Park: 0.6 mi
  • Taras Shevchenko Place: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 49
Gardens: 36
Waterfalls: 35
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 33
Attractions: 28
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 0.6 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 1.3 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 1.4 mi
  • Erastus Dow Palmer Grave: 1.6 mi
  • William Paterson Grave: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 11
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Karista Spring: 24.3 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 24.3 mi
  • Polaris: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 9.0 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 13.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Burden Iron Lower Works. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Misery MountainESE 107°793 m20.3 mi
Rounds MountainESE 117°685 m20.8 mi
Rounds MountainESE 117°683 m20.7 mi
Misery MountainESE 108°662 m20.7 mi
Rocky HillESE 103°625 m16.6 mi
Perigo HillESE 103°571 m12.2 mi
Buck RockESE 108°562 m16.6 mi
The GipfelESE 113°561 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1819:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836496170757366534232
Precip in2.62.42.93.13.84.64.63.93.84.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/474250950

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