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Van Rensselaer Park

Van Rensselaer Park from directly overhead

Van Rensselaer Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Rounds Mountain stands 683 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Joseph's Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 8.6 miles off.

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Coordinates42.65756, -73.75110

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Saint Joseph's Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old School # 5 Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ten Broeck Mansion: 0.1 mi
  • North Swan Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Federal Plaza: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Raoul Wallenberg: 0.3 mi
  • Crime Victims Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Pemberton Corner: 0.4 mi
  • Joseph Henry: 0.4 mi
  • Albany Vietnam War Memorial: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 47
Waterfalls: 37
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 5.0 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Ten Broeck Mansion Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Edna Joyce Garden of Hope: 0.4 mi
  • People's Park: 0.9 mi
  • Yolles Contemplation Garden: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Mayor Thomas Whalen III: 0.4 mi
  • I love NY: 0.5 mi
  • Wild Rice: 0.6 mi
  • The Cathedral Evening: 0.6 mi
  • Geometric Mouse: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Alive at Five Summer Concert Series: 0.4 mi
  • State Education Building Tours: 0.4 mi
  • New York State Capitol Tour: 0.5 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 0.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 4.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rounds MountainESE 106°683 m21.9 mi
Rocky HillE 91°625 m18.9 mi
Perigo HillE 87°571 m14.5 mi
Buck RockE 95°562 m18.5 mi
The GipfelE 96°561 m14.4 mi
Filkins HillWSW 257°550 m17.3 mi
Johnson HillESE 108°537 m15.4 mi
Dickinson HillENE 61°537 m19.5 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ground-ivy109 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee72 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel69 obs
  • chicory54 obs
  • Canada Goose53 obs
  • garlic mustard53 obs
  • Mallard47 obs
  • tree-of-heaven46 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/105511230

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