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Castle Rock

Castle Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Castle Rock is a cliff in New York, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the north-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sach's Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
25 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.22852, -73.58491

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sach's Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pound Ridge Town Park: 2.0 mi
  • Lewisboro Town Park: 3.2 mi
  • John Jay Campus: 3.3 mi
  • South Salem Fire Department Grounds: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Pell Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 3.2 mi
  • Becks Hill: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches
Artworks: 47
  • Annunaki: 1.7 mi
  • Samford Sign: 12.3 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 12.4 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 12.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 26
Waterfalls: 14
  • Sheep Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade: 7.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cascade: 9.4 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pell Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 2.2 mi
  • The Meadow: 7.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 18.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.3 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Castle Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNNE 17°299.314 m6.0 mi
Barlow MountainNNE 34°290 m8.1 mi
West MountainNNE 30°285 m6.0 mi
Ned MountainNNE 22°284 m8.9 mi
Seth Low MountainNNE 28°283 m7.9 mi
Titicus MountainN 10°281 m6.5 mi
Ivy HillENE 57°234 m7.1 mi
Mount AspetongW 269°229 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5987406365

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