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Townsend Park

Townsend Park from directly overhead

Townsend Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Rocky Hill stands 625 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 10th Ward Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1833

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65773, -73.76469

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McQuade Park: 0.2 mi
  • Orange Street Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Orange Street Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Malcolm X Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 47
Waterfalls: 36
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 29
  • Wild Rice: 0.5 mi
  • The Snake is Out: 0.5 mi
  • Geometric Mouse: 0.5 mi
  • The Cathedral Evening: 0.5 mi
  • Verge: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Tulip Festival: 0.4 mi
  • State Education Building Tours: 0.4 mi
  • New York State Capitol Tour: 0.5 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 0.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 11.2 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Townsend Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillE 91°625 m19.5 mi
Unchachogue CreekWSW 257°597 m21.9 mi
Perigo HillE 87°571 m15.2 mi
Buck RockE 95°562 m19.2 mi
The GipfelE 96°561 m15.0 mi
Filkins HillWSW 256°550 m16.6 mi
Johnson HillESE 107°537 m16.0 mi
Dickinson HillENE 62°537 m20.1 mi

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, 6 mi away.

  • ground-ivy123 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee79 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel75 obs
  • American Robin57 obs
  • chicory56 obs
  • Canada Goose54 obs
  • garlic mustard54 obs
  • House Sparrow50 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/89699550

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