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Saratoga County Forest

Saratoga County Forest from directly overhead

Saratoga County Forest is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 4.4 miles off.

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What to expect

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Saratoga County
Getting there

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Coordinates43.14254, -73.67286

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Schuyler Park: 3.0 mi
  • Gavin Park: 4.0 mi
  • Saratoga Falls Park: 4.5 mi
  • Stark's Knob Scientific Reservation: 4.6 mi
  • Knox Trail Pocket Park: 4.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 32
Attractions: 24
  • Schuylerville Corn Maize: 4.4 mi
  • Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 5.2 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 6.6 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Saratoga Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Snook Kill Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 10.5 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Congress Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Sandbar Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Brown's Beach: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Standard Time: 7.0 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 7.0 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 7.1 mi
  • For Euler: 17.0 mi
  • Water Turbine: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Cliffs: 3
  • Small Rocky overlook: 20.2 mi
  • Cohoes Falls: 24.6 mi
  • New Buck: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Saratoga County Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainWNW 294°612 m12.8 mi
Fitch HillWNW 301°605 m14.5 mi
Hedgehog MountainWNW 298°601 m12.5 mi
Darling MountainNNW 346°561 m16.0 mi
Bucktail MountainNNW 338°555 m15.1 mi
Miner HillWNW 291°526 m17.0 mi
Redmond HillNW 305°507 m13.5 mi
Nick MountainWNW 297°501 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1619:5520:39
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/891238922

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