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North Side Recreation Park

North Side Recreation Park from directly overhead

North Side Recreation Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 118 m. Spruce Mountain stands 612 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 9.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
118 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.09179, -73.78576

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Side Recreation Park: 0.0 mi
  • High Rock Park: 0.4 mi
  • Flat Rock Park: 0.6 mi
  • Excelsior Park: 0.7 mi
  • Henry Garden: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Spirit of Life & Spencer Trask Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • World War Memorial Pavilion: 1.0 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course Walk of Fame: 1.5 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 43
Attractions: 25
  • Congress Park Carousel: 0.9 mi
  • Beekman Street Arts District: 0.9 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 1.4 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 1.5 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Snook Kill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Palmer Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 17
  • Standard Time: 0.6 mi
  • Devils Armchair: 0.9 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 1.0 mi
  • The U: 20.2 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 20.3 mi
Springs: 13
  • Old Red Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Congress Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 1.0 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Brown's Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Maclachan Ridge: 19.2 mi
  • Cohoes Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of North Side Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainNW 325°612 m10.5 mi
Fitch HillNNW 328°605 m12.8 mi
Hedgehog MountainNNW 331°601 m10.9 mi
Pond MountainNNW 341°562 m17.8 mi
Bucktail MountainN 360°555 m17.5 mi
Indian Cobble MountainNNW 341°550 m17.6 mi
Miner HillNW 313°526 m13.9 mi
Redmond HillNNW 334°507 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1619:5520:39
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2415:3716:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232635486068727163514029
Precip in3.42.73.43.83.94.85.04.13.84.13.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saratoga Springs 4 SW, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard225 obs
  • winged euonymus107 obs
  • eastern poison ivy67 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel59 obs
  • Spongy Moth50 obs
  • Eastern Newt44 obs
  • American Robin43 obs
  • eastern white pine38 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/357649816

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