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Burden Pond Preserve

Burden Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Burden Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Burden Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

As one of the few nature preserves in an urban setting, the Burden Pond Environmental Park sets itself apart from others with its vast bedrock chasms, over fifteen large and small waterfalls, acres of wetlands, and remnants of Troy's industrial past.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Troy

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.70676, -73.68196

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Smart's Pond Dam Ruins: 0.2 mi
  • Burden Iron Works: 0.5 mi
  • Burden Iron Works: 0.8 mi
  • Taras Shevchenko: 0.8 mi
  • PFC Robert Charles Felter USMC Memorial Bridge: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Sheridan Avenue Park: 0.2 mi
  • Carroll Hill Park: 0.3 mi
  • South Troy Swimming Pool: 0.7 mi
  • Landslide Park: 0.7 mi
  • Taras Shevchenko Place: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 51
Gardens: 36
Waterfalls: 35
  • Lower Burden Falls: 0.1 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 0.1 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 0.6 mi
Artworks: 33
Attractions: 28
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 1.5 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 2.0 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 2.2 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 2.3 mi
  • Erastus Dow Palmer Grave: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 10
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 24.0 mi
  • Karista Spring: 24.5 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 13.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Burden Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainE 93°853 m20.1 mi
Misery MountainESE 108°793 m19.5 mi
Mount RaimerE 88°784 m20.2 mi
Rounds MountainESE 118°685 m20.0 mi
Rounds MountainESE 118°683 m19.9 mi
Misery MountainESE 109°662 m19.9 mi
Rocky HillESE 103°625 m15.8 mi
Perigo HillESE 103°571 m11.3 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 solstice07:2315:3916:25

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/619019718

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