Fort Montgomery
Fort Montgomery is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Dock Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 21 miles off.
The story
American Revolutionary War fort near West Point on the Hudson River
Wikidata Q1438627, matched on coordinates and name (115 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mine Dock Park: 0.3 mi
- Western Redoubt Fort Clinton: 0.3 mi
- Brooks Park: 0.5 mi
- Anthony Wayne Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Roe Park: 3.1 mi
- Anthony's Nose: 0.8 mi
- The Torne: 1.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Manitou Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mine Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Perkins Memorial Tower: 1.3 mi
- Joseph Bartha: 1.3 mi
- John Burroughs: 3.3 mi
- West Redoubt: 3.6 mi
- East Redoubt: 3.8 mi
- Iona Island Estuarine Research Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Hudson Highlands Gateway Park: 3.4 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 3.4 mi
- Fort Hill Park: 3.7 mi
- Arc: 3.9 mi
- Washington Monument: 4.9 mi
- General Patton: 5.0 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 5.0 mi
- Thayer Statue: 5.0 mi
- Hell Hole: 0.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 8.8 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 10.0 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 12.8 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 7.0 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 14.1 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 2.6 mi
- West Point Museum: 3.6 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 3.9 mi
- The Peekskill Museum: 4.2 mi
- KinoSaito Arts Center: 5.2 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 3.0 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 3.1 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 9.1 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 10.8 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 13.6 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 5.4 mi
- Brick Beach: 5.8 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 10.6 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 11.5 mi
- Canopus Beach: 13.2 mi
- Kakiat Park: 14.0 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 19.2 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
- Pell Hill: 21.5 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 20.1 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 20.7 mi
- Farms Falls: 23.7 mi
- LG waterfall: 24.2 mi
- Doodletown: 1.9 mi
- Dicktown: 15.2 mi
- Monksville: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Fort Montgomery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spy Rock | NNW 339° | 441 m | 4.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNW 349° | 429 m | 5.0 mi |
| Crows Nest | N 2° | 429 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Rascal | NW 319° | 424 m | 5.0 mi |
| Black Rock | NNW 343° | 424 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bull Hill | WNW 292° | 423 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hill of Pines | NNW 348° | 419 m | 5.5 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | W 276° | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1492588732
Day trips start here
- Highlands · 2 mi
- Stony Point · 6 mi
- Cold Spring · 7 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 10 mi
- New City · 12 mi
- Rockland County · 12 mi
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