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Dolph Pond State Forest

Dolph Pond State Forest from directly overhead

Dolph Pond State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Orebed Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 1.1 miles off.

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Coordinates43.49208, -73.45016

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 38
Nature reserves: 35
Cliffs: 23
  • New Buck: 7.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Ark Wall: 8.6 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 8.9 mi
  • Deer Leap: 12.0 mi
Museums: 20
  • Skenesborough Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Hartford Museum: 9.2 mi
  • Pember Library and Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Slate Valley Museum: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 13.9 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 14.0 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 14.1 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 14.3 mi
  • Ballard Farm: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 9
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Artworks: 6
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 11.0 mi
  • Mandala II: 15.7 mi
  • For Euler: 22.8 mi
  • Oculus: 24.6 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 14.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.4 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 10.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Dolph Pond State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNNW 333°805 m8.9 mi
Erebus MountainNW 319°765 m7.7 mi
Sleeping BeautyNW 312°715 m6.8 mi
Buck MountainWNW 285°711 m7.6 mi
Fivemile MountainNNW 328°688 m12.0 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNW 329°680 m12.2 mi
Pilot KnobW 268°658 m7.8 mi
Spruce MountainN 354°604 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1419:5520:39
September equinox06:4218:1518:53
December solstice07:2415:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429081565

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