Kosciuszko Monument
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Kosciuszko Monument is a historic site in New York, at a recorded elevation of 46 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the north, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Great Chain, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Monument in Orange County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49511977, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 46 m
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawkwatch · 27 mi
- High Exposure · 27 mi
- Beacon Hill · 27 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Dock Park: 0.2 mi
- Kosciuszko’s Garden: 0.2 mi
- Trophy Point: 0.2 mi
- Foundry Dock Park: 1.4 mi
- End of Main St Park: 1.6 mi
- Crows Nest: 1.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 2.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cat Hill: 2.4 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 1.5 mi
- Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.7 mi
- Garrison School Forest: 1.9 mi
- Open Space Institute: 4.3 mi
- Roe Park: 4.3 mi
- General Patton: 0.3 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 0.3 mi
- Washington Monument: 0.3 mi
- Thayer Statue: 0.3 mi
- Three Legged Buddha: 5.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Hell Hole: 5.3 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 13.3 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 17.6 mi
- Pulpit: 19.1 mi
- The Great Chain: 0.2 mi
- Sedgwick Monument: 0.2 mi
- Battle Monument: 0.2 mi
- Cadet Honor Code Memorial: 0.3 mi
- L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument: 0.3 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 1.9 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 18.2 mi
- Boscobel House: 1.4 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 1.5 mi
- West Point Museum: 1.6 mi
- Magazzino: 3.1 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 3.2 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 7.8 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 7.9 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 13.8 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 14.6 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 17.5 mi
- Canopus Beach: 8.4 mi
- Brick Beach: 10.3 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 10.4 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 10.8 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 15.5 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 14.0 mi
- Kakiat Park: 19.1 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.2 mi
- Pell Hill: 21.4 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- LG waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 23.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 23.2 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 24.8 mi
- Doodletown: 7.1 mi
- Dicktown: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Kosciuszko Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | N 4° | 491 m | 6.0 mi |
| North Beacon Mountain | N 3° | 465 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNE 14° | 456 m | 7.6 mi |
| Lambs Hill | N 10° | 454 m | 7.1 mi |
| Spy Rock | W 266° | 441 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bull Hill | N 357° | 433 m | 3.0 mi |
| Crows Nest | WNW 301° | 429 m | 1.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 270° | 429 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357621896
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 2 mi
- Highlands · 3 mi
- Putnam County · 11 mi
- Stony Point · 11 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 14 mi
- New City · 17 mi
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