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Prospect Park

Prospect Park from directly overhead

Prospect Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 77 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Troy Rocks, a garden 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
77 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.72448, -73.68493

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Market Square: 0.2 mi
  • Liberty Square: 0.3 mi
  • Poesten Kill Gorge Park: 0.4 mi
  • Judy A. Fowler Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • PFC Robert Charles Felter USMC Memorial Bridge: 0.4 mi
  • 11th Ward WWII Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Judy A Fowler Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Louis Rubin Memorial Approach: 0.4 mi
  • Emma Willard: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 54
Gardens: 37
  • Troy Rocks: 0.1 mi
  • Leslie's Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Gretchen's Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Wildflowers: 0.5 mi
  • Avery's Garden: 0.5 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 1.2 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 35
Attractions: 31
  • United Methodist Church bell: 0.8 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 1.8 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 2.4 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 2.5 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 2.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Karista Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Polaris: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 10.4 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 11.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Prospect Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainE 96°853 m20.4 mi
Misery MountainESE 111°793 m20.0 mi
Mount RaimerE 91°784 m20.4 mi
White RockE 84°775 m20.6 mi
Bald MountainE 82°757 m20.5 mi
Misery MountainESE 112°662 m20.4 mi
Rocky HillESE 108°625 m16.2 mi
Perigo HillESE 109°571 m11.8 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 solstice07:2315:3916:25

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven127 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel88 obs
  • white snakeroot88 obs
  • Japanese creeper84 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee83 obs
  • White-tailed Deer77 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee50 obs
  • House Sparrow49 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/90890680

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