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Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site from directly overhead

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Perry Peak stands 631 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.36796, -73.70915

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site: 0.3 mi
  • Creekside Park: 1.8 mi
  • Kinderhook Village Green: 2.0 mi
  • Rothermel Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mills Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 46
  • Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse: 1.3 mi
  • Luykas Van Alen House: 1.3 mi
  • Columbia County Historical Society: 2.0 mi
  • Bronck House Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Greene County Historical Society: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 46
  • Martin Van Buren Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Valatie Santa Claus: 3.6 mi
  • I ♥ NY: 6.3 mi
  • Diving Lady: 16.4 mi
  • U Haul Truck: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • High Falls Waterfall: 9.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Dickinson Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Hoags Corners Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Glen Falls: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 32
  • The Old Game Farm: 17.7 mi
  • Dutch Apple Cruises: 19.0 mi
  • USS Slater: 19.1 mi
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 19.4 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 29
  • Wildlife Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Water Garden: 19.1 mi
  • South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 19.2 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Yolles Contemplation Garden: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Beaches: 8
  • Oakdale Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 15.4 mi
  • East Beach: 19.1 mi
  • West Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Saugerties Beach: 24.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 16.6 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 24.0 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 9.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 22.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perry PeakENE 78°631 m17.2 mi
Harvey MountainESE 105°627 m15.0 mi
Pinnacle PointESE 106°595 m14.1 mi
Tom Ball MountainESE 113°588 m17.2 mi
Bald MountainESE 116°558 m14.0 mi
Mercer MountainE 91°552 m12.2 mi
Fog HillE 97°544 m12.8 mi
Beebe HillE 101°536 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1919:5320:36
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2215:4016:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252736485968737164524131
Precip in2.22.22.93.33.84.53.84.44.64.33.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valatie 1 N, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed9 obs
  • pale jewelweed7 obs
  • yellow trout lily6 obs
  • Golden Oyster Mushroom6 obs
  • Norway maple5 obs
  • northern spicebush5 obs
  • Asian bittersweet5 obs
  • staghorn sumac5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/808541074

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