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Lishakill Park

Lishakill Park from directly overhead

Lishakill Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 86 m. Unchachogue Creek stands 597 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Liz Orzel Kasper Walking Trails, a park 0.2 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
86 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.76889, -73.85639

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liz Orzel Kasper Walking Trails: 0.2 mi
  • Avon Crest Park: 0.9 mi
  • Becker Street Park: 1.7 mi
  • Maywood Pocket Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mohawk Riverside Landing Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Historic Erie Canal Lock 19: 2.2 mi
  • Vischer's Ferry plant monument: 2.8 mi
  • 12th Ward World War II Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Spanish American War Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Clute's Dry Dock: 4.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 39
Waterfalls: 36
Artworks: 34
  • The U: 4.9 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 5.0 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 5.2 mi
  • William Seward: 5.2 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 33
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 5.3 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 7.5 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 7.6 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 7.6 mi
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer Grave: 7.6 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Karista Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Polaris: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Cohoes Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cave Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 11.1 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 12.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Lishakill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Unchachogue CreekSW 233°597 m21.0 mi
Perigo HillESE 109°571 m21.0 mi
Rundy Cup MountainWSW 248°570 m22.4 mi
The GipfelESE 115°561 m21.7 mi
Filkins HillSW 225°550 m16.3 mi
Dickinson HillE 86°537 m22.5 mi
Still HillSW 218°532 m21.2 mi
Irish HillSW 230°502 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Karner Blue32 obs
  • mayapple26 obs
  • partridgeberry25 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage23 obs
  • Ghost Pipe23 obs
  • Spongy Moth22 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle17 obs
  • American beech17 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/357644754

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