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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

Peaks
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
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 50
Nature reserves
Artworks: 42
Waterfalls: 34
  • 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: 29
  • 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: 29
Cliffs: 12
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 17.3 miles of Burial Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perry PeakE631 m16.7 mi
Harvey MountainESE627 m15.4 mi
Pinnacle PointESE595 m14.6 mi
Bald MountainESE558 m14.8 mi
Mercer MountainE552 m12.2 mi
Fog HillESE544 m13.0 mi
Beebe HillESE536 m11.9 mi
Maple HillESE532 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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