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Fort Hill Park

Fort Hill Park from directly overhead

Fort Hill Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Bear Mountain stands 394 m to the west-northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Peekskill
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29509, -73.92842

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Fort Hill: 0.0 mi
  • Academy Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Manitou Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Blue Mountain: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • West Redoubt: 0.0 mi
  • East Redoubt: 0.2 mi
  • Old Car: 4.1 mi
  • Quarry Mine: 4.2 mi
  • Old Quarry House Ruins: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Lepore Park: 0.3 mi
  • Annsville Preserve Park: 0.3 mi
  • Peekskill Landing: 0.5 mi
  • Monument Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pugsley Park: 0.5 mi
Museums: 60
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.1 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 58
  • Hell Hole: 4.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.2 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 9.4 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 10.9 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 2.2 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 2.7 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 7.6 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 10.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Kakiat Park: 14.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 18.1 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Princess circle picnic site: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Farms Falls: 20.1 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Fort Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainWNW 287°394 m4.2 mi
West MountainW 260°382 m4.4 mi
Cranberry HillW 278°374 m6.7 mi
Bare Rock MountainNNW 329°373 m5.8 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 309°366 m6.0 mi
Listening HillNW 315°362 m6.7 mi
Black MountainW 263°355 m5.9 mi
Long MountainWNW 291°355 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1361482621

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