Cherry Plain State Park
Cherry Plain State Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 425 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Capital District Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 10.4 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 18.3 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Williamstown view · 11 mi
- The Hopper · 12 mi
- Vista · 12 mi
- Adams Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Capital District Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
- Berlin Community Forest (Future): 3.0 mi
- Cowee State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Geiser Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Bessie's Woods: 4.4 mi
- Buck Rock: 1.4 mi
- Moore Hill: 2.1 mi
- Butternut Hill: 2.2 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.9 mi
- Buckwheat Hill: 3.0 mi
- Pineridge Cross Country Trails: 5.6 mi
- Barberville Falls Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Butler Park: 8.3 mi
- Blair Hiking Area: 8.6 mi
- Shatford Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
- Sand Lake Veteran's Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- Ruins: 9.7 mi
- Governor Samuel J. Tilden Monument: 9.9 mi
- Tenney Home: 10.0 mi
- Sawmill Dam: 11.2 mi
- Eastfield Village: 7.8 mi
- Lunder Center at Stone Hill: 11.5 mi
- Farm Museum: 11.9 mi
- Williamstown House of Local History: 12.0 mi
- Williams College Museum of Art: 12.3 mi
- Thomas Schütte Crystal: 11.4 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 11.7 mi
- Jenny Holzer Benches: 11.7 mi
- The Wind Chimes: 13.8 mi
- Susan B. Anthony: 14.7 mi
- Mountain Coaster: 7.4 mi
- Sentinels: 7.6 mi
- Grandfather Rock: 8.0 mi
- Uncle Sam's Grave: 16.5 mi
- Saint Brigid's Bell: 16.6 mi
- Hoags Corners Falls: 6.2 mi
- Wynants Kill Falls: 7.7 mi
- Barberville Falls: 8.1 mi
- Haley Falls: 9.0 mi
- Deer Hill Falls: 11.1 mi
- Buxton Garden: 11.9 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 14.1 mi
- Stow Hill: 15.8 mi
- Wildflowers: 15.9 mi
- Troy Rocks: 15.9 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Clover Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 13.9 mi
- Witts Ledge: 15.8 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Waterfront: 8.7 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 14.2 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 15.4 mi
- Campers Beach: 16.8 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 16.1 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 19.3 mi
- James Jeffords Welcome Center Bennington: 22.4 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 12.9 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 15.3 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 22.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Cherry Plain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Mountain | NE 50° | 853 m | 8.1 mi |
| Misery Mountain | E 89° | 793 m | 4.6 mi |
| Beoadic Mountain | ESE 110° | 792 m | 7.3 mi |
| East Mountain | E 101° | 791 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Raimer | NE 43° | 784 m | 9.3 mi |
| Rounds Rock | E 100° | 782 m | 10.8 mi |
| Jones Nose | E 94° | 778 m | 10.8 mi |
| Sheeps Heaven Mountain | ESE 113° | 770 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 12 mi away.
- Eastern Newt17 obs
- hobblebush10 obs
- tawny cottongrass9 obs
- eastern hemlock7 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral6 obs
- Three-way Sedge6 obs
- Pumpkinseed5 obs
- swamp candles4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/435887211
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 7 mi
- New Ashford · 9 mi
- Lanesborough · 11 mi
- New Lebanon · 11 mi
- Williamstown · 12 mi
- Cheshire · 13 mi
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