Twilight Park, New York
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Hunter town. It lies in ZIP code area 12436. It stands on Spruce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kaaterskill Clove quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
On record in Twilight Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ulster and Delaware Railroad Stationlisted 1996 · 0.5 miles away- Twilight Park Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.3 miles away
- Aaron Haines Family Cemeterylisted 2018 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 32 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1893 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1946 USGS Kaaterskill quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1946 USGS Kaaterskill Clove quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pepacton Reservoir quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Kaaterskill Clove quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Twilight Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 76 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 26 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | DIBBLES UNATTEND CAMPFIRE |
| 2 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BUTTERMILK FALLS FIRE |
| 2 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | EAST KILL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Twilight Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batchellerville Garnet Pit | Feldspar | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haines Falls | 0.7 miles | 32 | |
| Tannersville | 2.5 miles | 29 | |
| Onteora Park | 3.3 miles | 29 | |
| Palenville | 3.7 miles | 32 | |
| Platte Clove | 3.8 miles | 32 | |
| Ledgewood Park | 4.0 miles | 32 | |
| Elka Park | 4.3 miles | 29 | |
| East Jewett | 4.4 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 968030. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.












