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Octaparagon Wildlife Refuge

Octaparagon Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Octaparagon Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off.

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Operated by
John R. Crist
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Coordinates42.35085, -73.90223
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Mcquade park: 4.9 mi
  • Parks Dairy: 5.0 mi
  • Coxsackie Riverside Park: 5.4 mi
  • Angelo Canna Town Park: 6.2 mi
  • Stuyvesant Town Park and Playground: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Town of Cairo: 6.0 mi
  • Early Sawmill: 7.2 mi
  • Eleazer Knowles: 7.2 mi
  • Edwin L Drake: 7.6 mi
  • Benjamin Spees: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Glen Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Gaia Cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Venus Bath: 10.5 mi
  • Dickinson Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Winter Clove falls: 11.5 mi
Museums: 39
Artworks: 34
Gardens: 23
  • Veterans Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Water Garden: 17.9 mi
  • The Upper Garden: 18.2 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • High Rocks: 5.2 mi
  • Hurricane Ledge: 15.9 mi
  • Hawks Rocks: 17.6 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 17.7 mi
  • The "Great" Cliffs: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 12
Beaches: 9
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 15.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Octaparagon Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black DomeWSW 244°1,217.37 m12.6 mi
Thomas Cole MountainWSW 245°1,204.87 m13.2 mi
BlackheadWSW 241°1,200.91 m11.8 mi
Kaaterskill High PeakSW 215°1,113.13 m15.9 mi
Camel's HumpWSW 247°1,095.4 m13.8 mi
Windham High PeakWSW 259°1,077 m12.6 mi
Roundtop MountainSW 218°1,056.13 m16.0 mi
Stoppel PointSW 224°1,043 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2019:5420:37
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2215:4116:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475967727163514031

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cairo 3 NW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1432430948

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