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Dicktown

Dicktown from directly overhead

Dicktown is a ghost town in New York, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Knapp Road Unit, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

Ghost town in New York, United States

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Coordinates41.47600, -73.77500

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 2.5 mi
  • Lime Kiln Recreation Center: 4.6 mi
  • Crane Road: 4.8 mi
  • Sycamore Park: 5.0 mi
  • Hill and Dale Community Park: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites: 54
Museums: 46
Gardens: 27
  • Boscobel Gardens: 9.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.0 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
  • Vassar College Community Gardens: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 13
Attractions: 13
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 10.4 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 16.6 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 16.7 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 17.0 mi
  • Bedford Village Historic District: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 14.3 mi
  • LG waterfall: 15.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 5.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Dicktown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainW491 m8.8 mi
North Beacon MountainW465 m8.8 mi
Bald HillWNW456 m7.6 mi
Lambs HillW454 m8.1 mi
Bull HillWSW433 m9.7 mi
Mount EgbertNE405 m7.4 mi
Depot HillNE398 m8.6 mi
Nimham MountESE388 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 5 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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