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Sand Lake Walking Trail

Sand Lake Walking Trail from directly overhead

Sand Lake Walking Trail is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wynants Kill Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sand Lake
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.63294, -73.54894

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Butler Park: 1.2 mi
  • Barberville Falls Preserve: 3.8 mi
  • North Greenbush Town Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Deddrick Park Town Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Pineridge Cross Country Trails: 5.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Sand Lake Veteran's Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ruins: 6.7 mi
  • Ward 5: 7.9 mi
  • Smart's Pond Dam Ruins: 8.4 mi
  • Burden Iron Works: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 55
Artworks: 42
Gardens: 36
Attractions: 33
  • Sentinels: 8.6 mi
  • Grandfather Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 9.7 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 10.2 mi
  • USS Slater: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Wynants Kill Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Barberville Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Hoags Corners Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 5
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.0 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 11.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 12.4 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Sand Lake Walking Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainENE 73°853 m14.0 mi
Misery MountainE 95°793 m11.8 mi
Beoadic MountainESE 104°792 m14.4 mi
East MountainE 100°791 m14.3 mi
Mount RaimerENE 67°784 m14.6 mi
Sheeps Heaven MountainESE 106°770 m14.4 mi
Jiminy PeakESE 115°726 m14.7 mi
Honwee MountainSE 124°698 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1719:5320:36
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2215:3816:24

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, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1444739421

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