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Memorial Park

Memorial Park from directly overhead

Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Henry Hill stands 659 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairview Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
100 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.78862, -73.97490

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairview Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hillhurst Park: 1.0 mi
  • Hillhurst Park: 1.0 mi
  • Westinghouse Park: 1.0 mi
  • Stelmack Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Klondike Stairs: 1.8 mi
  • Schenectady County Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Thomas Edison and Charles Steinmetz: 2.2 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 23: 2.4 mi
  • Pulaski: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 57
Gardens: 40
Attractions: 36
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 2.3 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 12.3 mi
  • Open Seating: 12.4 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 13.5 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 35
Artworks: 33
  • GE Wind Turbine Blade: 1.5 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 2.3 mi
  • William Seward: 2.6 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 2.6 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 3.1 mi
Springs: 15
  • Bathtub Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Karista Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 20.1 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Cave Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Fern Garden: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 16.5 mi
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Henry HillSW 215°659 m20.0 mi
Cannady HillSW 227°645 m18.5 mi
Cotton HillSW 233°643 m18.5 mi
Garver HillSW 218°629 m21.5 mi
North HillSSW 211°606 m19.9 mi
Cook HillSW 219°604 m19.6 mi
Unchachogue CreekSW 217°597 m17.6 mi
Rundy Cup MountainWSW 236°570 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:39
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Karner Blue18 obs
  • prickly cucumber9 obs
  • Monarch9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • garlic mustard8 obs
  • Gray Treefrog8 obs
  • Mallard7 obs
  • Spongy Moth7 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/614089295

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