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Old Fort Museum

Old Fort Museum from directly overhead

Old Fort Museum is a museum in New York, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Champlain Canal Junction Lock, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
41 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.26167, -73.58083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 60
  • Old Champlain Canal Junction Lock: 0.1 mi
  • Monument to the British Expeditionary Force of the French and Indian War: 0.3 mi
  • Major Robert Rogers: 0.3 mi
  • Rogers' Rangers Standing Orders: 0.3 mi
  • Fort Edward American Patriot Garden: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • Underwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bradley Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Mullen Park: 0.8 mi
  • Derby Park: 2.4 mi
  • Moreau Town Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 30
Attractions: 24
  • Blind Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Greezed Lightnin': 8.2 mi
  • Spruce's Wilderness Bus Tour: 8.2 mi
  • Thunder Alley: 8.2 mi
  • Oakley's Honey Swings: 8.2 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Congress Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Saratoga Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Sandbar Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 8
Cliffs: 6
  • Small Rocky overlook: 13.1 mi
  • New Buck: 16.4 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 17.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 17.3 mi
  • Ark Wall: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 5
  • For Euler: 13.7 mi
  • Standard Time: 16.1 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 16.2 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 16.3 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Old Fort Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Spruce MountainNW 320°716 m14.5 mi
Prospect MountainNW 324°615 m14.0 mi
Shingle MountainNW 324°595 m15.3 mi
Patent Line MountainNW 314°588 m14.2 mi
Darling MountainNW 310°561 m11.2 mi
Bucktail MountainWNW 299°555 m11.9 mi
Potash MountainWNW 303°530 m14.7 mi
Redmond HillW 268°507 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1519:5520:39
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2415:3616:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202232455765706860483727
Precip in2.61.92.83.13.43.74.33.53.33.73.03.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/368061781

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