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Burial Ground

Burial Ground from directly overhead

Burial Ground is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Perry Peak stands 631 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayor William R. Rothermel and Mary Rothermel Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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Inscription
1816 - CA 1861 Bequest by John Rodgers provided this quarter acre exclusively for the burial of persons of color.
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Coordinates42.39511, -73.70486

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Rothermel Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mills Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kinderhook Village Green: 0.3 mi
  • Creekside Park: 0.7 mi
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 50
Artworks: 44
Waterfalls: 39
  • High Falls Waterfall: 10.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Hoags Corners Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Dickinson Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Wynants Kill Falls: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 32
  • Dutch Apple Cruises: 17.2 mi
  • USS Slater: 17.3 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 17.6 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 17.7 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 31
Cliffs: 13
Beaches: 7
  • Oakdale Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 15.0 mi
  • East Beach: 21.0 mi
  • West Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Waterfront: 23.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.0 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 7.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Burial Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perry PeakE 84°631 m16.7 mi
Harvey MountainESE 112°627 m15.4 mi
Pinnacle PointESE 114°595 m14.6 mi
Bald MountainESE 123°558 m14.8 mi
Mercer MountainE 100°552 m12.2 mi
Fog HillESE 105°544 m13.0 mi
Beebe HillESE 110°536 m11.9 mi
Maple HillESE 110°532 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1919:5320:36
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2215:4016:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485968737164524131
Precip in2.22.22.93.33.84.53.84.44.64.33.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valatie 1 N, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9655790841

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