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Congress Park

Congress Park from directly overhead

Congress Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is World War Memorial Pavilion, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
84 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.07776, -73.78472

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • World War Memorial Pavilion: 0.0 mi
  • Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course Walk of Fame: 0.8 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 6.2 mi
Parks
  • Henry Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Flat Rock Park: 0.4 mi
  • West Side Recreation Park: 0.6 mi
  • High Rock Park: 0.7 mi
  • East Side Recreation Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • 10 Spring Woods: 1.2 mi
  • Skidmore North Woods: 1.8 mi
  • Saratoga Springs Open Space: 2.0 mi
  • Saratoga Springs Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Saratoga Springs Open Space: 2.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 45
Attractions: 26
  • Congress Park Carousel: 0.1 mi
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 0.4 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 0.7 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 0.9 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 1.6 mi
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 22
  • Snook Kill Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 0.1 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 0.2 mi
  • Standard Time: 0.4 mi
  • The U: 19.3 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 19.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Deer Park Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Congress Spring: 0.0 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Old Red Spring: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Brown's Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 13.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Congress Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainNNW 328°612 m11.4 mi
Fitch HillNNW 330°605 m13.7 mi
Hedgehog MountainNNW 333°601 m11.7 mi
Pond MountainNNW 342°562 m18.7 mi
Bucktail MountainN 360°555 m18.5 mi
Indian Cobble MountainNNW 341°550 m18.5 mi
Miner HillNW 316°526 m14.6 mi
Redmond HillNNW 336°507 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5520:39
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2415:3716:24

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard225 obs
  • winged euonymus102 obs
  • eastern poison ivy70 obs
  • Spongy Moth62 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel60 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee45 obs
  • American Robin43 obs
  • eastern white pine39 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 way/52456389

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