Historic site · New York
Burden Iron Lower Works
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.
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.
How to reach it
Coordinates42.70696, -73.69960
- 4.7 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.0 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 21.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mohawk River view · 7 mi
- Lock 7 Dam · 10 mi
- Williamstown view · 24 mi
- The Hopper · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
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
Peaks
- Mount Olympus: 2.7 mi
- Olcott Hill: 5.3 mi
- Rysedorph Hill: 5.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 6.5 mi
- Mount Rafinesque: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 53
- King Fuels: 0.2 mi
- Burden Iron Works: 0.3 mi
- Colonel Philip Schuyler House Foundations: 0.5 mi
- Taras Shevchenko: 0.6 mi
- Rensselaer Iron Works : 0.9 mi
Museums: 49
- Burden Iron Works Museum: 0.2 mi
- Watervliet Arsenal Museum: 0.8 mi
- Watervliet Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- Hart-Cluett Mansion: 1.6 mi
- Defreest House: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 36
- Stow Hill: 0.5 mi
- Wildflowers: 0.9 mi
- Leslie's Garden: 1.2 mi
- Troy Rocks: 1.4 mi
- Avery's Garden: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Stow Hill Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Burden Pond Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Osgood Woods: 0.9 mi
- HVCC: 1.3 mi
- John B. Staalesen Vanderheyden Preserve: 1.7 mi
Waterfalls: 31
- Corning Cascade Falls: 0.4 mi
- Lower Burden Falls: 0.4 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 0.5 mi
- Smart's Cascade: 1.0 mi
- Poesten Kill Falls: 1.5 mi
Artworks: 31
- Nipper the RCA Dog: 3.7 mi
- Mayor Thomas Whalen III: 4.6 mi
- I love NY: 4.8 mi
- Wild Rice: 4.9 mi
- The Cathedral Evening: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 27
- 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
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
Cliffs: 11
- Cohoes Falls: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 15.7 mi
- Cave Wall: 16.5 mi
- Lower Misery Wall: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 5
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 5.1 mi
- Waterfront: 8.6 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 15.4 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 17.8 mi
- Brown's Beach: 19.4 mi
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
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Burden Iron Lower Works. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Misery Mountain | ESE 107° | 793 m | 20.3 mi |
| Rounds Mountain | ESE 117° | 683 m | 20.7 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ESE 103° | 625 m | 16.6 mi |
| Perigo Hill | ESE 103° | 571 m | 12.2 mi |
| Buck Rock | ESE 108° | 562 m | 16.6 mi |
| The Gipfel | ESE 113° | 561 m | 12.7 mi |
| Filkins Hill | WSW 249° | 550 m | 20.8 mi |
| Johnson Hill | SE 124° | 537 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/474250950
Day trips start here
- Watervliet · 1 mi
- Troy · 2 mi
- Albany · 5 mi
- Cohoes · 5 mi
- Rensselaer · 5 mi
- Clifton Park · 13 mi
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