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Taxter Ridge

Taxter Ridge from directly overhead

Taxter Ridge is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Cheesecote Mountain stands 296 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheldon Swamp, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Greenburgh

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.05458, -73.84254

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lagana Field: 0.7 mi
  • Elmsford Little League: 1.0 mi
  • West Rumbrook Park: 1.1 mi
  • Lyndhurst Estate: 1.3 mi
  • Irvington Woods: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Current: 1.4 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 1.4 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 1.5 mi
  • Great Hunger Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Philipsburg Manor: 2.6 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 2.6 mi
  • House Of Sports: 3.0 mi
  • Garden Remants: 6.4 mi
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 3.2 mi
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • The Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 13.4 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 21
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 8.4 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
  • Area B: 15.2 mi
  • Area C: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Farms Falls: 12.8 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 18.5 mi
  • The Loch: 19.0 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 19.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.4 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Taxter Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cheesecote MountainNW 314°296 m14.8 mi
Turkey MountainN 10°253 m13.6 mi
High TorNW 325°244 m11.2 mi
Dickerson MountainN 355°237 m14.2 mi
Guard HillNE 35°226 m12.7 mi
Cat HillNNE 14°221 m14.4 mi
South MountainNW 325°220 m11.2 mi
Chappaqua HillNNE 25°219 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5020:32
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/321748361

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