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Ashford Glen Preserve

Ashford Glen Preserve from directly overhead

Ashford Glen Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Unchachogue Creek stands 597 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Niskayuna Railroad Station, a museum 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.76845, -73.83360

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mohawk Riverside Landing Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lishakill Park: 1.2 mi
  • Liz Orzel Kasper Walking Trails: 1.3 mi
  • Avon Crest Park: 2.0 mi
  • Maywood Pocket Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Historic Erie Canal Lock 19: 1.4 mi
  • Vischer's Ferry plant monument: 2.8 mi
  • Clute's Dry Dock: 3.4 mi
  • 12th Ward World War II Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Spanish American War Memorial: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 51
Gardens: 39
Waterfalls: 36
  • Cohoes Falls: 6.5 mi
  • French Hollow Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Horton Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 8.4 mi
Artworks: 34
  • The U: 5.8 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 5.9 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 6.2 mi
  • William Seward: 6.2 mi
  • Unity 1970: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 33
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 6.3 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 6.6 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 6.6 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 6.7 mi
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer Grave: 6.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Karista Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Polaris: 19.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Cohoes Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 11.9 mi
  • Cave Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Ashford Glen Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Unchachogue CreekSW 235°597 m21.9 mi
Perigo HillESE 110°571 m19.9 mi
The GipfelESE 117°561 m20.7 mi
Filkins HillSW 227°550 m17.1 mi
Dickinson HillE 85°537 m21.3 mi
Johnson HillESE 123°537 m22.5 mi
Still HillSW 220°532 m21.9 mi
Irish HillSW 232°502 m18.0 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 solstice07:2315:3916:25

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/899268315

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