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Buttermilk Falls Park

Buttermilk Falls Park from directly overhead

Buttermilk Falls Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 60 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Schuyler Town Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
60 m
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Coordinates41.08453, -73.94456

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Tappan Zee: 1.2 mi
  • Approach: 1.2 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 1.3 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 1.5 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 2.4 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Palisades: 8.2 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 8.3 mi
  • The Palisades: 9.4 mi
  • Pulpit: 12.0 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 19
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 9.6 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 9.8 mi
  • Area B: 12.3 mi
  • Area C: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.1 mi
  • The Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.6 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 20.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Buttermilk Falls Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNW 315°384 m11.3 mi
Jackie Jones MountainNW 325°383 m11.7 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNW 312°378 m10.7 mi
Ladentown MountainNW 317°378 m11.0 mi
Diamond MountainWNW 304°378 m12.0 mi
Big HillNW 322°374 m11.5 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 317°366 m11.8 mi
Tuxedo RockNW 310°358 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wineberry50 obs
  • garlic mustard30 obs
  • White-tailed Deer28 obs
  • Green Frog27 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly26 obs
  • Mallard21 obs
  • common mugwort20 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357613976

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