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Steinmetz Park

Steinmetz Park from directly overhead

Steinmetz Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Cannady Hill stands 645 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Carrie Street Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
116 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.82790, -73.91449

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carrie Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Steinmetz Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mohawk Harbor Park: 1.0 mi
  • South Avenue Park: 1.3 mi
  • Tribute Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • WWII Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Cristopher Columbus: 1.7 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 1.7 mi
  • WWI Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • For Humanity's Sake: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 56
Gardens: 40
Waterfalls: 36
Artworks: 33
  • The U: 0.9 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 1.0 mi
  • Harriet Tubman: 1.5 mi
  • William Seward: 1.5 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 1.9 mi
Attractions: 31
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 1.8 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 12.4 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 12.4 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 12.5 mi
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer Grave: 12.5 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Karista Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 16.4 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 16.4 mi
  • Polaris: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Cohoes Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Cave Wall: 12.5 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 12.6 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Steinmetz Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cannady HillSW 227°645 m22.6 mi
Cotton HillSW 233°643 m22.6 mi
Unchachogue CreekSW 219°597 m21.7 mi
Rundy Cup MountainSW 235°570 m21.7 mi
Filkins HillSSW 208°550 m17.9 mi
Still HillSSW 206°532 m23.1 mi
Irish HillSW 214°502 m18.2 mi
Wolf HillSSW 194°495 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1819:5520:38
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2415:3916:25

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
  • Monarch46 obs
  • Northern Cardinal33 obs
  • common mugwort23 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee20 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • Western Honey Bee19 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 way/71637362

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