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Vosburgh Road Preserve

Vosburgh Road Preserve from directly overhead

Vosburgh Road Preserve is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Perigo Hill stands 571 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Swatling Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 2.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Halfmoon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.88386, -73.73163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Abele Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Tallmadge Park: 2.2 mi
  • Paul Luther Park: 2.3 mi
  • Turning Point Park: 2.9 mi
  • Bernini Drive Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 38
Waterfalls: 35
  • Swatling Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Cohoes Falls: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 9.0 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 10.6 mi
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 11.7 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 12.1 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 34
  • Water Turbine: 7.0 mi
  • Clinton's Ditch: 7.1 mi
  • The U: 10.8 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 11.0 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 11.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Karista Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Polaris: 12.1 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 2.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Nature Center Pavillion: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Vosburgh Road Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perigo HillSE 138°571 m20.1 mi
The GipfelSE 142°561 m21.8 mi
Dickinson HillESE 111°537 m17.3 mi
Barber HillsENE 66°470 m22.3 mi
Poplar HillESE 113°446 m22.7 mi
The CobbleENE 56°443 m17.8 mi
Bunker HillSE 129°436.8 m13.9 mi
Moon HillESE 112°436 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836496170757366534232
Precip in2.62.42.93.13.84.64.63.93.84.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1333523191

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