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Van Schaick Mansion

Van Schaick Mansion from directly overhead

Van Schaick Mansion is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. White Rock stands 775 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Schaick Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
General Peter Gansevoort Chapter, NSDAR

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.76776, -73.68652

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Van Schaick Park: 0.1 mi
  • Powers Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • September 11th Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Heartt Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Herman Melville Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • September 11th Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Suffragist: 0.4 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 2: 0.7 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 10: 0.8 mi
  • Knickerbacker Monument: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 55
Gardens: 38
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Ninth Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Brinton and Avery's Place: 2.7 mi
  • Avery's Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Gretchen's Garden: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cohoes Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Piscawen Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 1.0 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 2.5 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 4.3 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 4.7 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 35
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Karista Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Polaris: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 13.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 18.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Van Schaick Mansion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White RockE 93°775 m20.6 mi
Bald MountainE 90°757 m20.4 mi
Rocky HillESE 117°625 m17.5 mi
Perigo HillESE 121°571 m13.2 mi
Buck RockESE 122°562 m17.8 mi
The GipfelSE 130°561 m14.3 mi
Dickinson HillE 83°537 m13.9 mi
Johnson HillSE 137°537 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3816:24

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/596159366

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