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Cat Rocks Park

Cat Rocks Park from directly overhead

Cat Rocks Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a recorded elevation of 157 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mianus River Gorge Preserve, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
157 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.15602, -73.64986

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Call to Worship Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Founders Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Merestead Formal Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 2.6 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 2.6 mi
  • 911 Arch: 5.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • NRHP Plaque: 5.5 mi
Parks
  • Bedford Village Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • A L Ehrmann Park and Recreation Center: 3.2 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 3.2 mi
  • Merestead County Park: 3.3 mi
  • Lombardi Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 7.7 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 8.4 mi
  • Samford Sign: 9.1 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 9.2 mi
  • Stamford Cone: 9.3 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 52
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 14
  • The Meadow: 5.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Farms Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Cascade: 12.1 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Cascade: 14.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 9.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 9.2 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Cat Rocks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey MountainNW 310°253 m10.0 mi
French HillNW 316°236 m10.8 mi
Mount AspetongN 3°229 m4.9 mi
Guard HillNW 322°226 m4.3 mi
Fox HillNNE 25°223 m7.3 mi
Cat HillNW 317°221 m9.5 mi
Chappaqua HillW 280°219 m6.3 mi
Sarles HillW 266°216 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1715:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303240516169757366554435
Precip in4.33.14.74.44.14.93.83.85.24.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stamford 5 N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1422395984

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