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Richard L. Skimin Memorial Baseball Field

Richard L. Skimin Memorial Baseball Field from directly overhead

Richard L. Skimin Memorial Baseball Field is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 85 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Lake Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
85 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.73056, -73.90833

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 1.4 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 1.8 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 2.2 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Museums: 47
Cliffs: 34
Waterfalls: 28
  • LG waterfall: 4.2 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 12.8 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 13.4 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Coward's Falls: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 26
  • The Teaching Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 3.0 mi
  • The Wild Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Berean Park Beach: 3.7 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 6.8 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 6.8 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Private Beach: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 9.0 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 9.3 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 9.3 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 10.9 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 13.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Bear Wallow: 23.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 23.8 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Richard L. Skimin Memorial Baseball Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopNW 311°862 m4.4 mi
Bald HillS 182°456 m15.8 mi
Clove MountainESE 105°426 m11.5 mi
Dickie BarreW 274°419 m15.5 mi
Dennis HillESE 110°416 m15.5 mi
Whale's HeadW 273°415 m15.7 mi
Tower HillENE 72°403 m14.9 mi
East MountainESE 108°393 m14.2 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 solstice07:2015:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068737264524233
Precip in3.52.83.53.93.54.64.54.34.64.63.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard62 obs
  • wineberry54 obs
  • eastern poison ivy46 obs
  • American pokeweed44 obs
  • white snakeroot43 obs
  • lesser periwinkle41 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee41 obs
  • Porcelain Berry36 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/357643724

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