Capital Park
Capital Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 105 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the north, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Brook Farms Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Brook Farms Park: 0.3 mi
- Dexter Park: 1.2 mi
- Liberty Pond Park: 1.2 mi
- Hess Field: 1.5 mi
- Lions Park: 1.9 mi
- Hopper-Goetschius House Museum: 1.9 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 4.2 mi
- Erie Railroad Signal Tower, Waldwick Yard: 5.3 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 5.3 mi
- Walwick Museum of Local History: 5.5 mi
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 3.3 mi
- Abandoned Tractor: 4.1 mi
- Basalt Beach: 9.4 mi
- American Flag Rock: 10.2 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 10.6 mi
- Spook Rock: 3.3 mi
- Hooge Kop/Houvenkopf Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Stag Hill/Houvenkopf Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Horse Stable Rock: 6.1 mi
- Green Hill: 6.3 mi
- 911 Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Veteran's park: 3.6 mi
- Indian Rock: 4.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Washington Avenue Soldier's Monumnet and Triangle: 5.0 mi
- Monte Park: 3.6 mi
- H & T Property: 4.4 mi
- Shultz Property: 4.5 mi
- Elbert Street Property: 4.5 mi
- Royale Tract: 4.6 mi
- Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 3.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
- Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 7.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.9 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 5.3 mi
- Special Delivery: 7.3 mi
- Approach: 7.6 mi
- Tappan Zee: 7.6 mi
- The Flux of Being: 7.6 mi
- Torch: 6.8 mi
- Oliphant Boulder: 6.8 mi
- Run-up: 6.8 mi
- High Electricity: 6.8 mi
- Whetstone: 6.8 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 8.9 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach Club: 9.6 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 10.1 mi
- Sunny Ridge Beach: 11.9 mi
- Pines Lake West Beach: 12.0 mi
- Kakiat Park: 5.3 mi
- Area B: 9.1 mi
- Area C: 9.1 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 6.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 11.0 mi
- Great Falls: 12.7 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 13.5 mi
- Monksville: 12.5 mi
- Doodletown: 15.6 mi
- New City Village: 17.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 22.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.5 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Capital Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakneck Mountain | N 349° | 384 m | 8.5 mi |
| Jackie Jones Mountain | N 359° | 383 m | 10.0 mi |
| Squirrel Swamp Mountain | NNW 348° | 378 m | 7.7 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | NNW 333° | 378 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ladentown Mountain | N 353° | 378 m | 8.6 mi |
| Big Hill | N 356° | 374 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | N 349° | 366 m | 9.1 mi |
| Conklin Mountain | NNW 340° | 365 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 12 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly15 obs
- Common Garter Snake9 obs
- common mugwort9 obs
- Wild Turkey8 obs
- Red Fox7 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357613980
Day trips start here
- Monsey · 3 mi
- Nanuet · 3 mi
- Park Ridge · 3 mi
- Spring Valley · 3 mi
- Rockland County · 5 mi
- Suffern · 5 mi
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