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Burns Whitney Park

Burns Whitney Park from directly overhead

Burns Whitney Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 81 m. Rocky Hill stands 625 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
81 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.76194, -73.78611

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mohawk Riverside Landing Park: 1.7 mi
  • Latham Kiwanis Park: 2.0 mi
  • Ann Lee Pond: 2.3 mi
  • James F. Egan Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Boght Baseball Fields: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Clute's Dry Dock: 2.3 mi
  • Historic Erie Canal Lock 19: 2.4 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 18: 4.1 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 17: 4.1 mi
  • Cohoes Honor Roll: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Museums: 51
Gardens: 39
  • Linden Grove Cremation Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Brinton and Avery's Place: 5.2 mi
  • Avery's Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Gretchen's Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Leslie's Garden: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cohoes Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 36
Attractions: 32
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 4.6 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 4.6 mi
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer Grave: 4.7 mi
  • William Paterson Grave: 4.7 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 4.7 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Karista Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Polaris: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Burns Whitney Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillESE 110°625 m21.9 mi
Perigo HillESE 112°571 m17.5 mi
Buck RockESE 114°562 m22.1 mi
The GipfelESE 119°561 m18.3 mi
Filkins HillSW 233°550 m18.7 mi
Dickinson HillE 83°537 m19.0 mi
Johnson HillSE 126°537 m20.2 mi
Buckwheat HillSE 125°530 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242736486068737164514130
Precip in2.62.33.13.13.44.14.63.83.73.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee31 obs
  • dame's rocket22 obs
  • purple loosestrife18 obs
  • Asian bittersweet18 obs
  • Painted Turtle16 obs
  • Northern Leopard Frog16 obs
  • common reed15 obs
  • Great Blue Heron14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357644752

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