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Watervliet Veterans Memorial Park

Watervliet Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Watervliet Veterans Memorial Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 15th Street Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
9 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.72739, -73.70145

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 15th Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mayor James Cavanaugh Hudson Shores Park: 0.3 mi
  • Clinton Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sage Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 37
  • Avery's Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Brinton and Avery's Place: 0.4 mi
  • Gretchen's Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Leslie's Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Troy Rocks: 0.8 mi
Artworks: 36
Waterfalls: 35
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Corning Cascade Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 33
  • United Methodist Church bell: 0.5 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 1.5 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 1.9 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 1.9 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 2.0 mi
Springs: 14
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Karista Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Polaris: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 10.2 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Watervliet Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainE 96°853 m21.2 mi
Misery MountainESE 111°793 m20.9 mi
Mount RaimerE 92°784 m21.2 mi
Misery MountainESE 111°662 m21.3 mi
Rocky HillESE 107°625 m17.1 mi
Perigo HillESE 109°571 m12.7 mi
Buck RockESE 112°562 m17.2 mi
The GipfelESE 119°561 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5420:37
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 °F262836496170757366534232
Precip in2.62.42.93.13.84.64.63.93.84.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven117 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel85 obs
  • Japanese creeper83 obs
  • white snakeroot78 obs
  • White-tailed Deer72 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee71 obs
  • House Sparrow50 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee48 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/1198498650

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