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Doodletown

Doodletown from directly overhead

Doodletown is a ghost town in New York, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Perkins Memorial Tower, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

human settlement in New York, United States of America

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Coordinates41.29944, -74.00278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Anthony Wayne Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Western Redoubt Fort Clinton: 1.5 mi
  • Mine Dock Park: 2.1 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lents Cove Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 56
  • Hell Hole: 1.8 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.2 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 7.3 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 11.1 mi
  • Pulpit: 12.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 55
  • Perkins Memorial Tower: 0.9 mi
  • West Redoubt: 3.8 mi
  • East Redoubt: 4.0 mi
  • Race Track Reservoir: 6.5 mi
  • Judges Stand: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.5 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 10.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 47
Museums: 47
Beaches: 12
Picnic sites: 10
  • Kakiat Park: 12.1 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Princess circle picnic site: 21.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Farms Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Doodletown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spy RockN441 m6.4 mi
Mount RascalNNW424 m6.0 mi
Bull HillNW423 m5.0 mi
Fingerboard MountainWSW420 m5.8 mi
Blackcap MountainWNW416 m4.9 mi
Bradley MountainWSW416 m5.1 mi
South Stockbridge MountainW411 m4.5 mi
Stockbridge MountainW402 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5220:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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