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Butter Factory marker

Butter Factory marker from directly overhead

Butter Factory marker is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the east-southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamptonburgh Town Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.45421, -74.25930

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hamptonburgh Town Park: 0.5 mi
  • Thomas Bull Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Orange County Arboretum: 2.0 mi
  • Frederick O Meyer Veterans Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Salesian Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Joy: 4.1 mi
  • Murray Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Tower Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Round Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Calpton Hill: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Power Teach: 8.3 mi
  • Storm King Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Sarcophagi in Glass Houses: 10.2 mi
  • Three-Fold Manifestation II: 10.2 mi
  • LinienLand: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Museums: 42
Attractions: 39
  • Ocean Explorer: 5.7 mi
  • Coast Guard Academy: 5.7 mi
  • Driving School: 5.7 mi
  • Junior Driving School: 5.7 mi
  • Dragon's Apprentice: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 36
  • East Coast: 5.8 mi
  • Middle America: 5.8 mi
  • Las Vegas: 5.8 mi
  • New York City: 5.8 mi
  • West Coast: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 31
Waterfalls: 21
Rest areas: 5
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 2.6 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 20.5 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 20.6 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 1
  • Rail-Trail Spring: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Butter Factory marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainESE 120°507 m8.6 mi
Spy RockESE 109°441 m13.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillESE 107°429 m13.7 mi
Mount HopeWNW 283°428 m13.7 mi
Mount RascalESE 116°424 m12.0 mi
Black RockESE 104°424 m12.7 mi
High PointSE 127°423 m9.2 mi
Bull HillSE 126°423 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2419:5320:35
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:2115:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485967727063514131
Precip in2.42.43.33.53.34.33.34.43.93.73.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery Orange CO AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12079285629

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