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Spyscape

Spyscape from directly overhead

Spyscape is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.76506, -73.98386

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Balsley Park: 0.2 mi
  • 745 Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • McGraw-Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Robert Moses Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Ramone Aponte Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 2.0 mi
  • Palisades: 3.1 mi
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.2 mi
  • Palisades: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Loch: 2.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.2 mi
  • The Falls: 11.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Spyscape. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m18.1 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 303°263 m23.1 mi
Beech MountainNW 321°260 m19.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m17.8 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 331°224 m23.0 mi
Mount NeboN 9°208 m19.8 mi
Poacher PeakNW 319°185 m19.5 mi
Moon HillNW 319°180 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5849724991

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