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Town of Moreau

Town of Moreau from directly overhead

Town of Moreau is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Palmertown Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 5.2 miles off.

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Town of Moreau
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Coordinates43.26339, -73.72928

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Leon M. Steves Big Bay Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Warren Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 2.7 mi
  • Ralph Road State Forest: 3.0 mi
  • Nicholson Preserve: 3.0 mi
  • Saratoga Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Hudson River Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lamplighter Playground: 2.9 mi
  • Hudson River Waterway Access: 3.4 mi
  • West End Park: 3.6 mi
  • West End Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 60
  • Civil War Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Peace and Victory Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Fort Edward American Patriot Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rogers' Rangers Standing Orders: 7.2 mi
  • Major Robert Rogers: 7.2 mi
Museums: 28
Attractions: 24
  • Blind Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Thunder Alley: 6.2 mi
  • Greezed Lightnin': 6.3 mi
  • Spruce's Wilderness Bus Tour: 6.3 mi
  • Hootie's Treehouse: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Palmer Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Rockwell Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Snook Kill Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Eggleston Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 12.0 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Congress Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 7
  • Small Rocky overlook: 12.0 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 17.5 mi
  • New Buck: 17.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 18.0 mi
  • Ark Wall: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 6
Artworks: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Town of Moreau. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Spruce MountainN 350°716 m11.1 mi
Prospect MountainN 356°615 m11.2 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 250°612 m9.5 mi
Fitch HillW 264°605 m9.7 mi
Hedgehog MountainWSW 254°601 m8.5 mi
Shingle MountainN 353°595 m12.3 mi
Thomas MountainNNW 329°591 m10.9 mi
Patent Line MountainNNW 344°588 m10.1 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 solstice07:2515:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192031445666706860483625
Precip in3.33.03.54.03.64.54.73.74.14.13.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1340366544

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