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The Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum

The Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum from directly overhead

The Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Three Ponds Mountain stands 890 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fenton Farm, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 4.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Seasonal
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.04516, -74.21346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Fenton Farm: 1.1 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 6.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • World Trade Center Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Hasenfuss Memorial: 6.2 mi
Parks
  • Howard's Park: 4.5 mi
  • Hale Creek Field Station - Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Melchoir Park: 6.1 mi
  • Nathan Littauer Park: 6.1 mi
  • Darling Field: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 28
Artworks: 18
Waterfalls: 17
Gardens: 16
Springs: 13
  • Orenda Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Island Spouter: 20.6 mi
  • Hayes Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Karista Spring: 20.6 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 9.7 mi
  • Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 11.0 mi
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 21.2 mi
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 21.4 mi
  • Congress Park Carousel: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Maclachan Ridge: 8.8 mi
  • Big Nose: 16.6 mi
  • Lost T: 21.5 mi
  • Lost Hunter's: 21.9 mi
  • McMartin: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 8.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of The Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three Ponds MountainNNW 336°890 m19.3 mi
Blue Ridge MountainNNW 329°866 m18.6 mi
Pigeon MountainNW 321°850 m16.7 mi
Wallace MountainNNW 342°828 m18.7 mi
Shaker MountainNW 317°766 m15.6 mi
Panther MountainNW 323°756 m16.1 mi
PinnacleNW 324°752 m14.9 mi
Cathead MountainNNW 347°740 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:1819:5720:40
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2615:3916:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395362666457443323
Precip in3.93.53.74.44.54.94.84.14.34.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gloversville 7NW (peck Lake), 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/818239539

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