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High Rocks

High Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

High Rocks is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Black Dome stands 1,217 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronck Island Unique Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
110 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.40314, -73.82846

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Stuyvesant Town Park and Playground: 2.7 mi
  • Parks Dairy: 3.2 mi
  • Mcquade park: 3.4 mi
  • Coxsackie Riverside Park: 3.9 mi
  • Mosher Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 57
  • Dickinson Falls: 9.9 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 14.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Glen Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Sliding Rock Falls: 14.8 mi
Museums: 42
  • Bronck House Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Greene County Historical Society: 4.2 mi
  • Columbia County Historical Society: 6.6 mi
  • Luykas Van Alen House: 7.2 mi
  • Ichabod Crane Schoolhouse: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Veterans Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Water Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 15.9 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 16.7 mi
Artworks: 25
  • I ♥ NY: 2.2 mi
  • Martin Van Buren Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Valatie Santa Claus: 7.4 mi
  • bridge pylons mural: 15.5 mi
  • U Haul Truck: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 24
Cliffs: 14
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 18.8 mi
  • Crystal Cliff: 20.2 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 20.3 mi
  • Leaning Tower: 20.3 mi
  • Fern Garden: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Oakdale Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 18.2 mi
  • Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Adams Point Beach: 21.2 mi
  • West Beach: 22.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bathtub Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Elm Ridge piped spring: 18.8 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 22.2 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of High Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black DomeWSW 239°1,217.37 m17.6 mi
Thomas Cole MountainWSW 240°1,204.87 m18.2 mi
BlackheadWSW 237°1,200.91 m16.9 mi
Windham High PeakWSW 249°1,077 m17.2 mi
Stoppel PointSW 225°1,043 m17.3 mi
Arizona MountainSW 233°1,038 m16.7 mi
Burnt KnobWSW 245°972 m16.4 mi
North MountainSW 221°971 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1919:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:55
December solstice07:2215:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455665696860493829
Precip in2.62.23.33.63.34.33.94.43.94.62.93.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alcove DAM, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357564429

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