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Fire Pond County Forest

Fire Pond County Forest from directly overhead

Fire Pond County Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Saratoga County Forest, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Saratoga County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.17710, -73.66561

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Old Champlain Lock 13: 4.4 mi
  • Schuylerville Junction Lock: 6.2 mi
  • Saratoga Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Monument to the British Expeditionary Force of the French and Indian War: 7.1 mi
  • Major Robert Rogers: 7.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Lamplighter Playground: 5.3 mi
  • Schuyler Park: 5.3 mi
  • Saratoga Falls Park: 5.4 mi
  • Stark's Knob Scientific Reservation: 5.7 mi
  • Gavin Park: 5.7 mi
Museums: 30
Attractions: 24
  • Schuylerville Corn Maize: 5.8 mi
  • Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 6.3 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 8.6 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 8.8 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Saratoga Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Snook Kill Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 9.2 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Congress Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 9
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Standard Time: 8.9 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 9.0 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 9.1 mi
  • For Euler: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Small Rocky overlook: 17.8 mi
  • New Buck: 22.5 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 22.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Fire Pond County Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainWNW 283°612 m12.4 mi
Fitch HillWNW 291°605 m13.8 mi
Hedgehog MountainWNW 287°601 m11.9 mi
Darling MountainNNW 342°561 m13.8 mi
Bucktail MountainNNW 332°555 m13.1 mi
Indian Cobble MountainNW 312°550 m16.0 mi
Potash MountainNNW 330°530 m16.0 mi
Redmond HillWNW 295°507 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1619:5520:39
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2415:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192031445666706860483625
Precip in3.33.03.54.03.64.54.73.74.14.13.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1377234260

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