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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. Henry Hill stands 659 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is WWI Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Trail runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
83 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.81074, -73.93896

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • WWI Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Cristopher Columbus: 0.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Combat Wounded Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 0.0 mi
Parks
  • Pulaski Park: 0.1 mi
  • Jay Square: 0.3 mi
  • Sankofa Sculpture Park: 0.4 mi
  • Landon Terrace Park: 0.4 mi
  • South Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 57
Gardens: 40
Waterfalls: 35
Attractions: 34
  • The Capital Region Entertainment Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
  • President Chester Arthur Grave: 12.6 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 12.6 mi
  • Daniel Manning Grave: 12.7 mi
  • Stephen Van Rensselaer Grave: 12.7 mi
Artworks: 33
  • Harriet Tubman: 0.3 mi
  • William Seward: 0.3 mi
  • Boy Scouts of America 40th Anniversary Crusade to Strengthen the Arms of Liberty Statue of Liberty: 0.5 mi
  • Chester Arthur: 0.7 mi
  • The U: 0.8 mi
Springs: 15
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Karista Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 17.9 mi
  • non-carbonated water: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Cave Wall: 10.9 mi
  • Lower Misery Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Water Streak Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Mahican Wall: 11.0 mi
  • Fern Garden: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 24.7 mi
  • I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Schoharie Crossing Launch: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Veterans Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Henry HillSW 216°659 m22.3 mi
Cannady HillSW 227°645 m20.9 mi
Cotton HillSW 233°643 m20.9 mi
North HillSSW 213°606 m22.1 mi
Cook HillSW 220°604 m22.0 mi
Unchachogue CreekSW 219°597 m20.0 mi
Rundy Cup MountainSW 236°570 m20.0 mi
Filkins HillSSW 206°550 m16.3 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
  • Monarch41 obs
  • Northern Cardinal26 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle23 obs
  • common mugwort21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel20 obs
  • Norway maple20 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
  • tree-of-heaven19 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/107363452

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