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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington 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 Albany Plan of Union Avenue, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

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Coordinates42.65732, -73.77075

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • McQuade Park: 0.2 mi
  • Albany Unitarian Universalist Grounds: 0.3 mi
  • Townsend Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pat Kelly Park: 0.3 mi
  • Dana Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 47
Waterfalls: 36
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 29
  • Verge: 0.7 mi
  • Wild Rice: 0.7 mi
  • The Snake is Out: 0.7 mi
  • Untitled: 0.7 mi
  • Yellow Blue: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Tulip Festival: 0.2 mi
  • State Education Building Tours: 0.7 mi
  • Empire State Plaza: 0.7 mi
  • New York State Capitol Tour: 0.8 mi
  • New York State Museum Carousel: 0.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 11.3 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky HillE 91°625 m19.9 mi
Unchachogue CreekWSW 257°597 m21.6 mi
Perigo HillE 87°571 m15.5 mi
Buck RockE 95°562 m19.5 mi
The GipfelE 96°561 m15.3 mi
Filkins HillWSW 256°550 m16.3 mi
Johnson HillESE 106°537 m16.3 mi
Dickinson HillENE 62°537 m20.4 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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • ground-ivy125 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee79 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel77 obs
  • American Robin59 obs
  • chicory58 obs
  • garlic mustard57 obs
  • Canada Goose52 obs
  • House Sparrow51 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/37900371

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