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Burden Iron Works Museum

Burden Iron Works Museum from directly overhead

Burden Iron Works Museum is a museum 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 Burden Iron Lower Works, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 4.5 miles off.

The Burden Iron Works Museum is open to the public. We're here most weekdays from 10 to 6, and other times by appointment, but it is always best to contact us first to ensure our availability, because we currently lack sufficient staff to guarantee all of

The record

What the record says

Built
1813
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mohawk-Hudson Industrial Gateway
Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.71002, -73.69897

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Burden Iron Lower Works: 0.2 mi
  • King Fuels: 0.4 mi
  • Taras Shevchenko: 0.4 mi
  • Burden Iron Works: 0.5 mi
  • Colonel Philip Schuyler House Foundations: 0.6 mi
Parks
  • South Troy Swimming Pool: 0.3 mi
  • Taras Shevchenko Place: 0.4 mi
  • Lots of Hope Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pershing Green Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • 7th Street Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 49
Gardens: 36
Waterfalls: 35
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 33
Attractions: 29
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 0.7 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 1.4 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 1.5 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 1.6 mi
  • Erastus Dow Palmer Grave: 1.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 11
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Karista Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Polaris: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 9.2 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Misery MountainESE 108°793 m20.4 mi
Rounds MountainESE 118°683 m20.8 mi
Misery MountainESE 108°662 m20.8 mi
Rocky HillESE 104°625 m16.7 mi
Perigo HillESE 104°571 m12.2 mi
Buck RockESE 109°562 m16.7 mi
The GipfelESE 114°561 m12.7 mi
Johnson HillSE 125°537 m14.6 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/126381165

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