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Clausland Mountain County Park

Clausland Mountain County Park from directly overhead

Clausland Mountain County Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 138 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Tackamack Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
138 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.05806, -73.93194

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 1.3 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 1.5 mi
  • Approach: 1.7 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 1.8 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 2.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Philipsburg Manor: 4.1 mi
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 4.3 mi
  • House Of Sports: 5.3 mi
  • Garden Remants: 6.6 mi
Cliffs
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 6.6 mi
  • The Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 10.2 mi
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 19
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 7.7 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 11.3 mi
  • Area B: 11.5 mi
  • Area C: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Falls: 12.7 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.0 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 19.8 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Clausland Mountain County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNW 319°384 m13.1 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNW 316°378 m12.4 mi
Ladentown MountainNW 321°378 m12.8 mi
Raccoon Brook HillNW 306°353 m13.0 mi
Limekiln MountainNW 322°342 m12.1 mi
Panther MountainNW 318°334 m12.0 mi
Horse Chock MountainNNW 328°330 m12.3 mi
Catamount MountainNW 314°325 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron66 obs
  • wineberry62 obs
  • Osprey58 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly51 obs
  • Mallard49 obs
  • eastern poison ivy38 obs
  • American pokeweed36 obs
  • Green Frog36 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/357610619

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