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Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area

Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Grass Mountain stands 941 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 0.8 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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Coordinates43.07875, -73.59993

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Park: 0.9 mi
  • Manor Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Fort Hardy Park: 1.9 mi
  • Fort Hardy Park: 1.9 mi
  • Volunteer Recognition Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 44
Attractions: 25
  • Schuylerville Corn Maize: 2.0 mi
  • Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 2.6 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 8.4 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 22
Waterfalls: 19
  • Saratoga Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Snook Kill Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 13.2 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Congress Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Devils Armchair: 9.2 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Standard Time: 9.4 mi
  • For Euler: 14.7 mi
  • The Owl: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Brown's Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grass MountainE 95°941 m19.1 mi
Spruce PeakE 97°919 m19.9 mi
West MountainESE 102°732 m19.7 mi
Big Spruce MountainE 90°713 m18.9 mi
Swearing HillENE 78°635 m19.4 mi
Spruce MountainWNW 302°612 m18.1 mi
Fitch HillNW 306°605 m20.0 mi
Hedgehog MountainNW 305°601 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1619:5520:38
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2315:3716:23

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/429789882

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