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41 Acres Natural Area

41 Acres Natural Area from directly overhead

41 Acres Natural Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Perigo Hill stands 571 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mohawk Landing Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Clifton Park
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.81795, -73.85277

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Barney Road Park: 2.9 mi
  • Avon Crest Park: 3.2 mi
  • Steinmetz Park: 3.2 mi
  • Pico Road Park: 3.2 mi
  • Liz Orzel Kasper Walking Trails: 3.3 mi
Peaks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 39
Attractions: 35
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 4.5 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 9.7 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 9.7 mi
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer Grave: 9.8 mi
  • William Paterson Grave: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 33
  • The U: 3.7 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 3.9 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 4.3 mi
  • William Seward: 4.3 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 33
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Karista Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Polaris: 16.3 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Cohoes Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cave Wall: 13.6 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 13.6 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 13.7 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 15.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of 41 Acres Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perigo HillESE 118°571 m22.2 mi
Filkins HillSW 218°550 m19.0 mi
Dickinson HillE 94°537 m22.3 mi
Irish HillSW 223°502 m19.6 mi
Wolf HillSSW 205°495 m17.3 mi
East HillSW 223°448 m20.5 mi
Bunker HillESE 104°436.8 m17.4 mi
Barton HillWSW 250°433 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1432371549

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