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Marsh Pond State Forest

Marsh Pond State Forest from directly overhead

Marsh Pond State Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 504 m. Crane Hill stands 708 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Pond State Forest, a nature reserve 2.0 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11738, -75.53410

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Susquehanna Waterway Access: 5.8 mi
  • Klumpp Park: 6.4 mi
  • Kamp's Mohawk Field: 6.7 mi
  • Firemen's Park: 6.8 mi
  • Oquaga Creek State Park: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Colesville Branch: 6.1 mi
  • Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 7.0 mi
  • Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 7.2 mi
  • Site of the Prophet Trial: 7.7 mi
  • Maple Tree Grove: 12.5 mi
Artworks: 11
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 6.0 mi
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 14.3 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 19.6 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 20.5 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 12.7 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 14.9 mi
  • All Veterans Memorial: 18.9 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 19.6 mi
  • Castle Creek Memorial: 21.0 mi
Museums: 7
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Bainbridge Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 17.1 mi
  • Chenango School House Museums: 17.3 mi
  • Phelps Mansion: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 3
  • Spencer Spring: 17.6 mi
  • The Salt Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Salt Springs: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 22.9 mi
  • Campus Garden: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Marsh Pond State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crane HillE 85°708 m17.7 mi
Tower MountainE 92°707 m15.8 mi
Loomis MountainENE 66°689 m18.8 mi
Clabber PeakE 86°656 m13.1 mi
Carroll HillENE 69°655 m13.0 mi
Walton MountainE 79°654 m17.5 mi
Couse HillNE 54°641 m16.5 mi
Shrawder MountainSSE 152°637 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:2720:0020:42
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2815:4916:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475866716962513930
Precip in3.12.53.64.04.44.24.54.24.74.33.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deposit, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/428830537

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