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Hudson Highlands Gateway Park

Hudson Highlands Gateway Park from directly overhead

Hudson Highlands Gateway Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sprout Brook Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Cortlandt
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.31558, -73.92372

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sprout Brook Park: 0.2 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.5 mi
  • Pugsley Park: 1.6 mi
  • Annsville Preserve Park: 1.6 mi
  • Lepore Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • East Redoubt: 1.4 mi
  • West Redoubt: 1.4 mi
  • Old Car: 4.1 mi
  • Quarry: 4.1 mi
  • Quarry Mine: 4.1 mi
Peaks
  • Fort Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mine Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Manitou Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Canada Hill: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • Boscobel Gardens: 6.7 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Formal Garden: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 57
  • Hell Hole: 3.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 7.4 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 10.7 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 11.6 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 15.1 mi
Museums: 53
Attractions: 44
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 3.2 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 3.6 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 8.9 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 11.7 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kakiat Park: 15.4 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 18.1 mi
  • Princess circle picnic site: 19.3 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Farms Falls: 20.7 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spy RockNW 316°441 m7.3 mi
Rattlesnake HillNW 322°429 m6.9 mi
Crows NestNNW 334°429 m7.1 mi
Bear MountainW 268°394 m4.3 mi
Long Pond MountainWNW 303°384 m6.9 mi
West MountainWSW 245°382 m5.0 mi
Cranberry HillW 266°374 m6.9 mi
Bare Rock MountainNW 318°373 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
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/1467904915

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