Historic site · New York
Perkins Memorial Tower
Perkins Memorial Tower is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 395 m. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1934-10-31
- Height
- 12 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.31149, -74.00685
- 20.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bear Mountain: 0.1 mi
- The Torne: 1.1 mi
- Summer Hill: 1.7 mi
- Anthony's Nose: 1.7 mi
- West Mountain: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Western Redoubt Fort Clinton: 1.0 mi
- Anthony Wayne Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Brooks Park: 1.5 mi
- Mine Dock Park: 1.6 mi
- Annsville Preserve Park: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Iona Island Estuarine Research Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Wayne-Washington Lookout: 3.9 mi
- Fort Hill Park: 4.2 mi
- Hudson Highlands Gateway Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Arc: 4.3 mi
- Washington Monument: 6.1 mi
- General Patton: 6.1 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 6.1 mi
- Thayer Statue: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 55
- Hell Hole: 1.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 7.5 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 11.5 mi
- Pulpit: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 54
- West Redoubt: 4.2 mi
- East Redoubt: 4.4 mi
- Fort Putnam: 5.9 mi
- L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument: 6.1 mi
- Cadet Honor Code Memorial: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 47
- Boscobel Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 8.2 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 12.9 mi
- Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 13.0 mi
Museums: 45
- Fort Montgomery: 1.3 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 3.9 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 4.3 mi
- The Peekskill Museum: 4.7 mi
- West Point Museum: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 45
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 2.6 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 3.0 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 10.7 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 11
- Ten Eycks Beach: 4.8 mi
- Brick Beach: 5.4 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 9.3 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 10.2 mi
- Canopus Beach: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Kakiat Park: 12.7 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 20.2 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 22.1 mi
- Pell Hill: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Wallkill Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Doodletown: 0.9 mi
- Dicktown: 16.5 mi
- Monksville: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 18.8 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 19.4 mi
- Farms Falls: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Perkins Memorial Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spy Rock | N 352° | 441 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | N 0° | 429 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Rascal | NNW 334° | 424 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bull Hill | NW 308° | 423 m | 4.3 mi |
| Fingerboard Mountain | WSW 238° | 420 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hill of Pines | N 359° | 419 m | 6.3 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | WNW 289° | 416 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bradley Mountain | WSW 246° | 416 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:52 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/459098921
Day trips start here
- Highlands · 3 mi
- Stony Point · 5 mi
- Cold Spring · 8 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 10 mi
- New City · 11 mi
- Rockland County · 11 mi
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