Nature reserve · New York
Sprain Ridge Park
Sprain Ridge Park is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. High Tor stands 244 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ravensdale Woods, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation & Conservation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.98120, -73.85099
- 1.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Ravensdale Woods: 0.9 mi
- Pulver's Woods: 1.2 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Chauncey Park: 1.9 mi
- Bramley Park: 2.0 mi
Parks
- Uniontown Playground: 1.1 mi
- Richter Park: 1.2 mi
- Chemka Pool: 1.4 mi
- Draper Park: 1.7 mi
- Quarry Park: 1.7 mi
Museums
- Hastings Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Hudson River Museum: 3.0 mi
- Marble School House: 4.1 mi
- Thomas Paine Cottage and Museum: 4.5 mi
- Lyndhurst Mansion: 5.1 mi
Gardens
- Walled Garden: 2.1 mi
- Bronxville Giving Garden: 3.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 7.0 mi
- 211th Street Block Association Garden: 7.2 mi
Artworks
- Armstrong inventor of FM radio: 2.1 mi
- Henry Hudson: 2.1 mi
- The Perennial Village: 2.2 mi
- Great Hunger Memorial: 3.1 mi
- The Light of the World: 3.6 mi
Attractions
- The Vista: 2.1 mi
- House Of Sports: 2.1 mi
- Garden Remants: 2.1 mi
- Rock and Stream Garden: 2.2 mi
- Cherry Bowl: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- Border Monument: 3.0 mi
- Women's Federation Monument: 3.0 mi
- Peanut Leap Cascade: 3.1 mi
- Macy's Monument: 3.4 mi
- Daniel D. Tompkins Birthplace: 3.5 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 3.4 mi
- The Palisades: 4.2 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
- Raven's Rock: 8.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.2 mi
Peaks
- Tallman Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Andre Hill: 6.1 mi
- Beaver Hill: 6.1 mi
- Mount Nebo: 6.1 mi
- Vault Hill: 6.2 mi
Beaches
- Huylers Beach: 5.5 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 6.7 mi
- Hudson Park Beach: 6.7 mi
- Manor Beach: 6.9 mi
- Shore Acres Pool Club Beach: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 4.2 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 13.1 mi
- Area B: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Falls: 6.4 mi
- The Loch: 14.1 mi
- Farms Falls: 15.8 mi
- Great Falls: 17.8 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 16.2 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.6 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Cuties Island: 18.1 mi
- Doodletown: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Sprain Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Tor | NNW 337° | 244 m | 15.4 mi |
| Guard Hill | NNE 27° | 226 m | 17.3 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 337° | 220 m | 15.4 mi |
| Chappaqua Hill | NNE 18° | 219 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sarles Hill | NNE 16° | 216 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hook Mountain | NNW 340° | 214 m | 10.3 mi |
| McKesson Hill | NNE 17° | 213 m | 14.8 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 13° | 211 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/73663828
Day trips start here
- Hastings-on-Hudson · 1 mi
- Dobbs Ferry · 2 mi
- Tuckahoe · 2 mi
- Bronxville · 3 mi
- Eastchester · 3 mi
- Scarsdale · 3 mi
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