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Destroyer Escort Historical Museum

Destroyer Escort Historical Museum from directly overhead

Destroyer Escort Historical Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Rounds Mountain stands 685 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is USS Slater, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 9.6 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64257, -73.74997

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South End Connector Linear Park: 0.1 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.2 mi
  • Franklin Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Liberty Park: 0.3 mi
  • Giffen Elementary Playground: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 44
Waterfalls: 37
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 35
  • People's Park: 0.4 mi
  • Yolles Contemplation Garden: 0.5 mi
  • South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
  • Ten Broeck Mansion Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 1.3 mi
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 28
  • USS Slater: 0.0 mi
  • Dutch Apple Cruises: 0.1 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 0.6 mi
  • Alive at Five Summer Concert Series: 0.6 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 0.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 3.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 10.0 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Destroyer Escort Historical Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rounds MountainESE 103°685 m21.6 mi
Rounds MountainESE 103°683 m21.6 mi
Rocky HillE 88°625 m18.8 mi
Perigo HillE 83°571 m14.6 mi
Buck RockE 92°562 m18.4 mi
The GipfelE 92°561 m14.2 mi
Filkins HillW 260°550 m17.1 mi
Johnson HillESE 104°537 m15.0 mi

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 °F242736486068737164514130
Precip in2.62.33.13.13.44.14.63.83.73.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/124648420

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