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North Woods Nature Preserve

North Woods Nature Preserve from directly overhead

North Woods Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Clifton Park
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.91873, -73.81337

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Woods Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • Martin Jewett Park: 0.4 mi
  • George T. Smith Park: 1.4 mi
  • Round Lake Park: 1.5 mi
  • Dominick F Pasquarell Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Malta Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Family Cemetery: 4.9 mi
  • Country Club: 5.1 mi
  • Pexford House: 5.8 mi
  • Erie Canal Lock 21: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 38
Waterfalls: 36
Attractions: 35
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 9.8 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 10.8 mi
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 11.1 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 34
  • The U: 9.0 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 9.1 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 9.6 mi
  • William Seward: 9.6 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 9.9 mi
Springs: 14
  • Karista Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Polaris: 9.1 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 9.1 mi
  • Hayes Spring: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Cohoes Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Maclachan Ridge: 15.0 mi
  • Cave Wall: 20.5 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 20.5 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 3.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Nature Center Pavillion: 22.3 mi
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of North Woods Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainNNW 347°612 m21.1 mi
Fitch HillNNW 347°605 m23.4 mi
Hedgehog MountainN 350°601 m21.8 mi
Dickinson HillESE 113°537 m22.0 mi
Miner HillNNW 338°526 m23.2 mi
Redmond HillN 350°507 m23.5 mi
Nick MountainNNW 343°501 m23.5 mi
Bald BluffNW 319°500 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1719:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2415:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232635486068727163514029
Precip in3.42.73.43.83.94.85.04.13.84.13.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga Springs 4 SW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1355153731

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