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Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel - Brodie Higley Lot

Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel - Brodie Higley Lot from directly overhead

Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel - Brodie Higley Lot is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Orra Phelps Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Getting there

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Coordinates43.18016, -73.78587

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Gavin Park: 4.6 mi
  • Hudson River Waterway Access: 4.7 mi
  • Brookhaven Park: 5.0 mi
  • Maple Avenue Recreational Fields: 5.1 mi
  • Daniels Road Soccer Fields: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • World War Memorial Pavilion: 7.1 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course Walk of Fame: 7.4 mi
  • Old Champlain Lock 13: 10.5 mi
Museums: 32
Attractions: 24
  • Congress Park Carousel: 7.0 mi
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 7.0 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 7.2 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 7.5 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Snook Kill Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 10.8 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Congress Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 9
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 5
Cliffs: 5
  • Small Rocky overlook: 18.2 mi
  • Maclachan Ridge: 23.0 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 23.9 mi
  • New Buck: 23.9 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel - Brodie Higley Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainWNW 293°612 m6.5 mi
Fitch HillNW 305°605 m8.3 mi
Hedgehog MountainWNW 302°601 m6.3 mi
Pond MountainNNW 332°562 m12.2 mi
Darling MountainN 7°561 m13.0 mi
Bucktail MountainN 360°555 m11.4 mi
Indian Cobble MountainNNW 331°550 m12.0 mi
Springer MountainNNW 330°531 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1619:5620:39
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2515:3716:23

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/492227450

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