Van Cortlandt Manor
Van Cortlandt Manor is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. West Mountain stands 382 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Gerlach Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
in Westchester County, New York
Dates from 1665.
Wikidata Q7913251, matched on coordinates and name (498 m apart).
What the record says
- Height
- 4.572 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 25 mi
- Pinwheel Vista · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gerlach Park: 0.3 mi
- Paradise Island County Park: 0.5 mi
- Mayo's Landing: 0.6 mi
- Duck Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Playground: 0.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson World War I Memorial: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Sundial: 2.0 mi
- John E. Hand Park: 2.9 mi
- Fountain: 3.2 mi
- Nordica Hill: 1.1 mi
- Ganungs Hill: 1.2 mi
- Motts Hill: 1.5 mi
- Catamount Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hessian Hill: 2.1 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Peabody Monarch Garden: 6.4 mi
- Dooryard Garden: 6.6 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 7.5 mi
- Merestead Formal Garden: 9.0 mi
- Crawbuckie Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Sunny Ridge Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Jane E. Lytle Memorial Arboretum: 2.3 mi
- Brinton Brook Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Tommy Thurber Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 2.0 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 2.2 mi
- History Center Museum: 5.9 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 5.9 mi
- KinoSaito Arts Center: 5.9 mi
- River Arch: 2.4 mi
- Brickhead Truth: 4.4 mi
- Arc: 7.0 mi
- Tappan Zee: 7.9 mi
- Approach: 8.0 mi
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 7.1 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 7.1 mi
- Headless Horseman Statue: 7.1 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 7.8 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 8.1 mi
- Raven's Rock: 7.3 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 8.2 mi
- Hell Hole: 11.0 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 14.1 mi
- Pulpit: 14.4 mi
- Brick Beach: 5.4 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 6.4 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 13.3 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 13.4 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 15.5 mi
- Kakiat Park: 12.8 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 15.8 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 17.0 mi
- Farms Falls: 14.3 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 18.4 mi
- The Falls: 21.0 mi
- Sheep Falls: 22.5 mi
- Cascade: 22.6 mi
- Doodletown: 9.9 mi
- Dicktown: 20.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 21.9 mi
- Monksville: 22.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 22.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 23.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Van Cortlandt Manor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Mountain | NW 313° | 382 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 317° | 341 m | 8.8 mi |
| The Timp | NW 312° | 332 m | 8.7 mi |
| Horse Chock Mountain | W 277° | 330 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dunderberg Mountain | NW 319° | 325 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pingyp Mountain | WNW 298° | 310 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cheesecote Mountain | W 276° | 296 m | 8.9 mi |
| The Pines | WNW 301° | 285 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/60237511
Day trips start here
- Croton-on-Hudson · 1 mi
- Ossining · 2 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 3 mi
- New City · 7 mi
- Nyack · 7 mi
- Sleepy Hollow · 7 mi
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