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Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel

Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel from directly overhead

Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. Sherman Mountain stands 805 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 2.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.16732, -74.75824

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Dolgeville Central School Recreation Fields: 4.4 mi
  • Dolgeville Park: 4.6 mi
  • Spofford Square: 5.0 mi
  • Moreland Park: 9.3 mi
  • Moreland Park: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Historic sites: 19
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 36: 10.0 mi
  • Nicholas Herkimer Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Little Falls Canal Aqueduct: 10.1 mi
  • Old Lock 38 Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Old Lock 39 Wall: 10.3 mi
Museums: 12
  • Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park: 17.0 mi
  • Arkell Museum: 20.3 mi
  • Van Alstyne Homestead: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Moss Island Climbing: 10.0 mi
  • Rollaway: 10.4 mi
  • Choss Factory: 11.9 mi
  • Lost T: 13.5 mi
  • McMartin: 13.7 mi
Artworks: 8
Waterfalls: 3
  • West Stoney Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Canajoharie Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Judds Falls: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 2
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sherman MountainENE 60°805 m14.7 mi
Morehouse MountainNNE 18°800 m14.8 mi
Ely MountainNE 47°794 m12.6 mi
Tomany MountainNE 49°789 m12.3 mi
State Brook MountainNE 55°773 m11.7 mi
Big Alderbed MountainNNE 19°758 m11.9 mi
Windfall MountainNNE 13°751 m10.3 mi
Dead Horse MountainNNE 22°732 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3419:11
June solstice05:2020:0020:43
September equinox06:4718:2118:58
December solstice07:2815:4116:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202230435665706860493727

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls City Rsch, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/798605464

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