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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

Nature reserves
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
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 46
Gardens: 30
  • 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
  • Garden: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
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
Waterfalls: 9
  • Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 14.3 mi
  • LG waterfall: 15.9 mi
  • Cascades: 20.3 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 MountainW 273°491 m8.8 mi
North Beacon MountainW 276°465 m8.8 mi
Bald HillWNW 284°456 m7.6 mi
Lambs HillW 279°454 m8.1 mi
Bull HillWSW 255°433 m9.7 mi
Mount EgbertNE 35°405 m7.4 mi
Depot HillNE 37°398 m8.6 mi
Nimham MountESE 111°388 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.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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