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Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site

Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site from directly overhead

Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Rocky Hill stands 625 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Schuyler Mansion Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.64145, -73.75977

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Elizabeth Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lincoln Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Catherine Street Urban Meadow: 0.2 mi
  • Giffen Elementary Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Philip Street Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 45
Waterfalls: 36
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 35
  • South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
  • Yolles Contemplation Garden: 0.3 mi
  • People's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Class of 1969 Medicinal Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 29
  • U Haul Truck: 0.4 mi
  • Labyrinth: 0.5 mi
  • Triangles and Arches: 0.6 mi
  • Untitled: 0.6 mi
  • Trio: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 28
  • New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 0.3 mi
  • Dutch Apple Cruises: 0.5 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 0.5 mi
  • USS Slater: 0.5 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 0.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 3.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillE 87°625 m19.3 mi
Perigo HillE 83°571 m15.1 mi
Buck RockE 92°562 m18.9 mi
The GipfelE 92°561 m14.7 mi
Filkins HillW 260°550 m16.6 mi
Johnson HillESE 103°537 m15.5 mi
Dickinson HillENE 59°537 m20.5 mi
Still HillWSW 246°532 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1819:5420:37
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 °F242736486068737164514130
Precip in2.62.33.13.13.44.14.63.83.73.93.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ground-ivy120 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel71 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee58 obs
  • American Robin50 obs
  • chicory50 obs
  • garlic mustard50 obs
  • Canada Goose49 obs
  • Mallard48 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 67000008OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/441805662

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