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Mesier Park

Mesier Park from directly overhead

Mesier Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesier Homestead and Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

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Coordinates41.59769, -73.91725

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bowdoin Park: 1.1 mi
  • Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sheafe Road Park: 1.5 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Stonykill Environmental Education Center: 3.7 mi
  • Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 6.1 mi
  • Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 6.4 mi
  • Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 6.6 mi
  • Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 6.8 mi
Artworks
  • Dutchess County Map: 7.6 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 8.0 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 8.6 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 10.4 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 11.8 mi
Museums: 46
  • Mesier Homestead and Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Locust Grove Estate: 5.2 mi
  • Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Clinton House: 7.1 mi
  • Dia:Beacon: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 34
Beaches: 23
  • Berean Park Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 10.0 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 15.7 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 15.8 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 19
Waterfalls: 18
  • LG waterfall: 5.3 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 17.9 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Ulster County Fair: 13.7 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 13.8 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 13.8 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 17.6 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 10.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Mesier Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopNNW 347°862 m12.4 mi
South Beacon MountainS 190°491 m8.2 mi
North Beacon MountainS 191°465 m7.7 mi
Bald HillS 180°456 m6.6 mi
Lambs HillS 185°454 m7.1 mi
Bull HillS 190°433 m11.2 mi
Crows NestSSW 195°429 m13.5 mi
Clove MountainENE 62°426 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2015:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938496068747264524232
Precip in2.82.23.13.63.53.93.84.34.33.73.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wineberry23 obs
  • garlic mustard21 obs
  • Bald Eagle20 obs
  • American Robin18 obs
  • Canada Goose16 obs
  • northern spicebush16 obs
  • eastern poison ivy16 obs
  • American cancer-root15 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/498118214

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