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Brookside Museum

Brookside Museum from directly overhead

Brookside Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Springs, a park 0.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in New York, United States

Dates from 1793.

Wikidata Q4975111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saratoga County Historical Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.00222, -73.85514

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Iron Springs: 0.1 mi
  • Wiswall Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ballston Area Recreation Commission: 0.7 mi
  • William Kelley Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Abner Doubleday Baseball Field: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.3 mi
  • New York State Submariners Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Malta Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Pioneer Mill: 4.3 mi
  • World War Memorial Pavilion: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 56
Artworks: 34
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 6.4 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 6.5 mi
  • Standard Time: 6.6 mi
  • The U: 13.2 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 34
Gardens: 32
Attractions: 29
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 6.2 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 6.4 mi
  • Congress Park Carousel: 6.4 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 6.8 mi
Springs: 14
  • Karista Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Hayes Spring: 4.2 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 4.2 mi
  • Polaris: 4.2 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Maclachan Ridge: 13.4 mi
  • Cohoes Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Cave Wall: 24.8 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 24.8 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Nature Center Pavillion: 17.4 mi
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 9.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Brookside Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainN 350°612 m15.0 mi
Fitch HillN 349°605 m17.3 mi
Hedgehog MountainN 353°601 m15.8 mi
Miner HillNNW 337°526 m17.0 mi
Redmond HillN 354°507 m17.5 mi
Nick MountainNNW 344°501 m17.4 mi
Bald BluffNW 312°500 m16.1 mi
Mount AnthonyN 360°496 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1719:5620:39
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2415:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232635486068727163514029
Precip in3.42.73.43.83.94.85.04.13.84.13.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga Springs 4 SW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/810337312

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