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Forsyth Park

Forsyth Park from directly overhead

Forsyth Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 65 m. Twin Mountain stands 1,113 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mattewis Persen House, a museum 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
65 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93286, -74.03042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Coward's Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Veterans' Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Rondout Lighthouse: 2.6 mi
  • M. E. Church: 2.7 mi
  • Fountain: 3.1 mi
  • Kiln: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 41
Museums: 35
Artworks: 25
Gardens: 23
  • Clinton Avenue U.M.C. Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Formal Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Ellipse: 8.0 mi
  • Rough Garden: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Kingston Point Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Flint Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Esopus Meadows Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Ulster Landing Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Walnut Beach: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Hudson River Cruises: 2.7 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 6.4 mi
  • Pompey’s Cave: 11.0 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 12.8 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 12.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Bear Wallow: 13.3 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 13.3 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Devil's Acre spring: 19.1 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Forsyth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin MountainNNW 339°1,112.52 m14.2 mi
Twin Mountain South SummitNNW 339°1,085 m13.7 mi
Indian Head MountainNNW 341°1,083 m13.4 mi
Overlook MountainNNW 343°956 m11.0 mi
Plattekill MountainNNW 347°942 m12.4 mi
Ashokan High PointW 268°939 m13.2 mi
South TwinNNW 335°880.8 m13.0 mi
Mombaccus MountainW 264°865 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2219:5320:36
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee86 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly52 obs
  • Japanese knotweed44 obs
  • tree-of-heaven32 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee26 obs
  • Western Honey Bee24 obs
  • American pokeweed24 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/385040537

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