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Public Square

Public Square from directly overhead

Public Square is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Castor Hill stands 452 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Adirondack River Outfitters, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Olympic Trail runs past it. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
139 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.97458, -75.90951

119 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
  • Adams Recreational Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kostyk Field: 1.1 mi
  • Adams Recreation Field: 1.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Thompson Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks: 29
Nature reserves: 13
Historic sites: 10
  • New York Central Roundhouse: 1.1 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division: 1.3 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Monument: 7.9 mi
  • Grist Mill built in 1805: 16.2 mi
  • Deer River Station: 16.8 mi
Museums: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Adirondack River Outfitters: 0.1 mi
  • Fort Drum MWR: 7.8 mi
  • Potholes: 23.2 mi
  • Glacial Potholes: 23.3 mi
  • Butterfly House: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Public Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castor HillS 172°452 m22.7 mi
Underwood HillSE 139°348 m6.1 mi
Shoecraft HillSSW 192°327 m21.0 mi
Middle HillE 84°318 m24.3 mi
Orvis HillE 89°299 m7.9 mi
Dry HillS 185°288 m4.1 mi
Charlies HillE 93°282 m24.7 mi
Mount TomE 92°273 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3819:16
June solstice05:2220:0620:51
September equinox06:5118:2519:03
December solstice07:3615:4216:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202131445766717062503827
Precip in3.62.92.73.53.63.73.53.83.95.04.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watertown, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail18 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • staghorn sumac12 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull10 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/146840620

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