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Poesten Kill Bends Preserve

Poesten Kill Bends Preserve from directly overhead

Poesten Kill Bends Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinloch Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rensselaer Land Trust/Rensselaer Plateau Alliance
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.72060, -73.65784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kinloch Park: 0.7 mi
  • Eagle Scout Park & Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
  • Pawling Pines Park: 0.7 mi
  • Landslide Park: 0.9 mi
  • Col. Albert Pawling Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Ward 5: 0.8 mi
  • Col. Albert Pawling: 0.9 mi
  • Judy A Fowler Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • PFC Robert Charles Felter USMC Memorial Bridge: 1.3 mi
  • Smart's Pond Dam Ruins: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 36
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 1.4 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Troy Rocks: 1.5 mi
  • Wildflowers: 1.7 mi
  • Leslie's Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Gretchen's Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Avery's Garden: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 33
Attractions: 29
  • United Methodist Church bell: 2.1 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 2.9 mi
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 2.9 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 3.6 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 3.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 11
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Karista Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Polaris: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 10.9 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 14.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Poesten Kill Bends Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainE 96°853 m19.0 mi
Misery MountainESE 112°793 m18.7 mi
Mount RaimerE 91°784 m19.0 mi
White RockE 83°775 m19.3 mi
Bald MountainE 81°757 m19.2 mi
White RocksE 88°706 m19.6 mi
Smith HillE 87°703 m19.7 mi
Rounds MountainESE 123°685 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836496170757366534232
Precip in2.62.42.93.13.84.64.63.93.84.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/856784393

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