Historic site · New York
Treason Site
Treason Site is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is High Tor, a peak 1.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Within these woods, in the early morning hours of September 22, 1780, American General Benedict Arnold and British Major John Andre plotted the surrender of American fortress at West Point. While attempting to return to British lines, Andre was captured
How to reach it
Coordinates41.17859, -73.94434
- 11.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 26 mi
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- High Tor: 1.2 mi
- South Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Tor: 2.6 mi
- Treason Hill: 3.3 mi
- Prickly Pear Hill: 3.6 mi
Parks
- Community Park and Sandpit: 1.5 mi
- Haverstraw African American Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Historical Society of Rockland County Grounds: 2.3 mi
- Zukor Park: 2.4 mi
- Congers Lake Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
Museums
- History Center Museum: 2.3 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 2.3 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 4.3 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 4.3 mi
- KinoSaito Arts Center: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 60
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 3.6 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 7.2 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 7.3 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 7.5 mi
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Graff Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Oscawana Island Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Oscawana Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Crawbuckie Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- George's Island Park: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 57
- Vickers & Sons Bell: 2.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Sundial: 3.1 mi
- Kevin Landau Memorial: 3.2 mi
- New City Welcome area and fountain: 3.2 mi
- Fountain: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 57
- Raven's Rock: 8.8 mi
- Hell Hole: 10.4 mi
- Pulpit: 10.8 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 11.2 mi
- Jersey Volunteers: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 56
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 6.5 mi
- Peabody Monarch Garden: 6.9 mi
- Dooryard Garden: 7.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
Artworks
- Brickhead Truth: 1.3 mi
- River Arch: 4.1 mi
- Tappan Zee: 6.7 mi
- Approach: 6.8 mi
- The Flux of Being: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 36
- Brick Beach: 4.6 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 4.9 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 9.9 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 10.1 mi
- Huylers Beach: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Kakiat Park: 9.2 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 16.0 mi
- Area B: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 14.8 mi
- Farms Falls: 17.5 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 19.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 20.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Doodletown: 8.9 mi
- Monksville: 18.9 mi
- Dicktown: 22.3 mi
- Cuties Island: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Execution Rocks Light: 23.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Treason Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakneck Mountain | W 280° | 384 m | 8.1 mi |
| Jackie Jones Mountain | WNW 295° | 383 m | 7.3 mi |
| West Mountain | NNW 335° | 382 m | 8.1 mi |
| Ladentown Mountain | WNW 282° | 378 m | 7.7 mi |
| Squirrel Swamp Mountain | W 274° | 378 m | 8.0 mi |
| Big Hill | WNW 290° | 374 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | WNW 284° | 366 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mine Ridge | WNW 297° | 357 m | 8.2 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 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:46 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8226421086
Day trips start here
- New City · 3 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 4 mi
- Ossining · 4 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 5 mi
- Rockland County · 5 mi
- Stony Point · 5 mi
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