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Schermerhorn Park

Schermerhorn Park from directly overhead

Schermerhorn Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Perigo Hill stands 571 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Island, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Village of Castleton
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.52542, -73.75042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Henry Hudson Park: 1.5 mi
  • Red Schoolhouse Park: 2.7 mi
  • South Bethlehem Town Park: 4.5 mi
  • Mosher Park: 4.6 mi
  • Maple Ridge Town Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
  • NYCS pump house: 1.9 mi
  • Railroad Roundhouse: 3.7 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Historic Cherry Hill: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Museums: 49
Gardens: 34
  • South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 8.2 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Yolles Contemplation Garden: 8.3 mi
  • People's Park: 8.3 mi
  • Class of 1969 Medicinal Garden: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Dickinson Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Wynants Kill Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Horton Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 12.7 mi
Artworks: 29
  • I ♥ NY: 7.2 mi
  • U Haul Truck: 8.0 mi
  • Valatie Santa Claus: 8.2 mi
  • Labyrinth: 8.5 mi
  • Triangles and Arches: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Dutch Apple Cruises: 8.0 mi
  • USS Slater: 8.1 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 8.4 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 8.5 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • High Rocks: 9.3 mi
  • Crystal Cliff: 11.3 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 15.0 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 16.6 mi
  • Leaning Tower: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 3.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 5.1 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Bathtub Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Schermerhorn Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perigo HillNE 56°571 m17.5 mi
Buck RockENE 68°562 m19.8 mi
The GipfelENE 62°561 m16.1 mi
Mercer MountainSE 128°552 m18.1 mi
Filkins HillWNW 287°550 m17.6 mi
Fog HillSE 130°544 m19.3 mi
Johnson HillENE 73°537 m15.3 mi
Beebe HillSE 134°536 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1819:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2215:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485968737164524131
Precip in2.22.22.93.33.84.53.84.44.64.33.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valatie 1 N, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1395991153

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