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Guard Hill Park

Guard Hill Park from directly overhead

Guard Hill Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Bailey Mountain stands 299 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Guard Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Bedford
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.20504, -73.70279

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Guard Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Ray Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Crow Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Aspetong: 3.4 mi
  • McKesson Hill: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Marsh Sanctuary Connector: 1.2 mi
  • J Edward Fox Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Leonard Park: 1.4 mi
  • Clock Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bedford Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Foundation of former fire tower: 1.8 mi
  • grave of grand rabbi of kasho : 2.8 mi
  • Meyer Estate House Ruins: 3.1 mi
  • Gedney Park 9/11 Memorial: 4.9 mi
Gardens
Museums
Cliffs
Artworks
  • Annunaki: 7.3 mi
  • River Arch: 9.3 mi
  • Pollinator Pathway Mural: 12.5 mi
  • Current: 12.8 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 12.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 32
Waterfalls: 12
  • Farms Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 13.5 mi
  • Cascade: 15.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pell Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.1 mi
  • The Meadow: 9.8 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 13.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 13.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 10.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Guard Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bailey MountainNE 47°299.314 m10.8 mi
Senior HillN 349°292 m11.5 mi
Watermelon HillN 355°290 m11.1 mi
West MountainNE 53°285 m11.4 mi
Titicus MountainNE 42°281 m10.8 mi
Turkey MountainWNW 301°253 m5.8 mi
Dickerson MountainWNW 294°237 m9.3 mi
French HillNW 312°236 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2319:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1442921345

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