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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Waterford Honor Roll, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lakes to Locks Passage runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.78950, -73.67534

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Button Park: 0.2 mi
  • Battery Park: 0.3 mi
  • Park at the Point: 0.3 mi
  • 123rd Street Boat Launch Park: 0.3 mi
  • 4th Street Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 57
Gardens: 38
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Ninth Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Troy Botanical Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Brinton and Avery's Place: 4.3 mi
  • Gretchen's Garden: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Cohoes Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Piscawen Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 35
Attractions: 34
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 1.9 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 4.0 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 5.9 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 6.3 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 6.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Karista Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Polaris: 19.2 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 3
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 14.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainESE 109°853 m20.9 mi
Mount RaimerESE 104°784 m20.5 mi
White RockE 97°775 m20.2 mi
Bald MountainE 95°757 m19.9 mi
Smith HillE 100°703 m20.9 mi
Rocky HillESE 122°625 m17.7 mi
Perigo HillSE 128°571 m13.5 mi
Buck RockSE 127°562 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836496170757366534232
Precip in2.62.42.93.13.84.64.63.93.84.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bald Eagle74 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee44 obs
  • White-tailed Deer40 obs
  • Great Blue Heron38 obs
  • Vineyard Snail37 obs
  • Common Garter Snake35 obs
  • tree-of-heaven30 obs
  • Spongy Moth28 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/121854122

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