Park · New York
Frear Park
Frear Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Piscawen Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates42.74729, -73.66617
- 2.5 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 2.9 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.4 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 20.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mohawk River view · 6 mi
- Lock 7 Dam · 10 mi
- Williamstown view · 22 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- old dam: 0.4 mi
- General Wool: 1.0 mi
- Knickerbacker Monument: 1.0 mi
- Robert Ross Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Green Island Ford Plant: 1.2 mi
Parks
- 7th Ave Park: 0.7 mi
- 10th Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Freedom Square: 0.9 mi
- Ingalls Avenue Boat Launch: 0.9 mi
- Riley Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Mount Olympus: 0.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.8 mi
- Mount Rafinesque: 3.9 mi
- Rice Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Poesten Kill Bends Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Osgood Woods: 2.4 mi
- Burden Pond Preserve: 2.9 mi
- John B. Staalesen Vanderheyden Preserve: 3.0 mi
- HVCC: 3.5 mi
Museums: 55
- Kate Mullany House: 0.9 mi
- Van Schaick Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Hart-Cluett Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Herman Melville House: 1.9 mi
- Watervliet Historical Society: 2.3 mi
Gardens: 38
- Tenth Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ninth Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Gretchen's Garden: 1.9 mi
- Troy Rocks: 1.9 mi
- Brinton and Avery's Place: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 38
- Clinton's Ditch: 3.2 mi
- Water Turbine: 3.3 mi
- Nipper the RCA Dog: 6.9 mi
- Mayor Thomas Whalen III: 7.9 mi
- I love NY: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 35
- Piscawen Falls: 0.1 mi
- Poesten Kill Falls: 1.9 mi
- Poesten Kill Falls: 1.9 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 2.8 mi
- Smart's Cascade: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 33
- Uncle Sam's Grave: 1.0 mi
- United Methodist Church bell: 1.8 mi
- Saint Brigid's Bell: 3.6 mi
- John Van Buren Grave: 4.1 mi
- William Learned Marcy Grave: 4.2 mi
Springs: 15
- Spring Avenue Spring: 2.2 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 19.7 mi
- Karista Spring: 22.1 mi
- Tallulah Spring: 22.1 mi
- Polaris: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Cohoes Falls: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 18.2 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 18.8 mi
- Cave Wall: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 5
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 1.9 mi
- Waterfront: 7.4 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 15.7 mi
- Brown's Beach: 17.0 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Clifton Park Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 12.2 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 16.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Frear Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Mountain | E 101° | 853 m | 19.7 mi |
| Misery Mountain | ESE 117° | 793 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Raimer | E 96° | 784 m | 19.5 mi |
| White Rock | E 89° | 775 m | 19.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 86° | 757 m | 19.4 mi |
| White Rocks | E 94° | 706 m | 20.0 mi |
| Smith Hill | E 92° | 703 m | 20.1 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ESE 114° | 625 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel80 obs
- tree-of-heaven79 obs
- white snakeroot79 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee55 obs
- Japanese creeper50 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee49 obs
- White-tailed Deer47 obs
- House Sparrow45 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/107221177
Day trips start here
- Troy · 2 mi
- Cohoes · 3 mi
- Watervliet · 3 mi
- Albany · 8 mi
- Rensselaer · 8 mi
- Clifton Park · 11 mi
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