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Parcel 45 Wildlife Management Area

Parcel 45 Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Parcel 45 Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gavin Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 7.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.10778, -73.73569

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gavin Park: 1.0 mi
  • Maple Avenue Recreational Fields: 2.0 mi
  • Excelsior Park: 2.2 mi
  • East Side Recreation Park: 2.4 mi
  • High Rock Park: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course Walk of Fame: 2.9 mi
  • Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • World War Memorial Pavilion: 3.2 mi
  • Saratoga Springs Air Force Station: 7.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 40
Attractions: 25
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 2.7 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 2.9 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 3.1 mi
  • Congress Park Carousel: 3.1 mi
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Snook Kill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 15
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Congress Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Standard Time: 3.0 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 3.1 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 3.2 mi
  • For Euler: 20.5 mi
  • The U: 22.2 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Brown's Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Maclachan Ridge: 22.0 mi
  • Cohoes Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Parcel 45 Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainNW 311°612 m11.4 mi
Fitch HillNW 316°605 m13.5 mi
Hedgehog MountainNW 317°601 m11.5 mi
Pond MountainNNW 333°562 m17.8 mi
Darling MountainN 357°561 m17.9 mi
Bucktail MountainN 351°555 m16.6 mi
Indian Cobble MountainNNW 332°550 m17.6 mi
Springer MountainNNW 331°531 m18.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1619:5520:39
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2415:3716:23

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429787232

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