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Croton Point Park

Croton Point Park from directly overhead

Croton Point Park is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. West Mountain stands 382 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Cortlandt Manor, a attraction 1.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Westchester County Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.18101, -73.89359

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Duck Pond Park: 1.4 mi
  • Gerlach Park: 1.4 mi
  • Senasqua Park: 1.5 mi
  • Paradise Island County Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mayo's Landing: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Nordica Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Ganungs Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Motts Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Prickly Pear Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Catamount Hill: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • River Arch: 2.0 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 3.6 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 6.9 mi
  • Approach: 7.0 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 7.2 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 60
  • Raven's Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 7.3 mi
  • Hell Hole: 11.2 mi
  • Pulpit: 13.4 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 48
Picnic sites: 15
  • Kakiat Park: 11.8 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 16.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Farms Falls: 15.0 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.3 mi
  • The Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Croton Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West MountainNW 319°382 m9.4 mi
Bald MountainNW 324°341 m8.8 mi
The TimpNW 320°332 m8.6 mi
Horse Chock MountainWNW 283°330 m8.8 mi
Dunderberg MountainNNW 326°325 m8.7 mi
Pingyp MountainNW 304°310 m8.8 mi
Pound Swamp MountainWNW 298°306 m9.1 mi
Cheesecote MountainWNW 282°296 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1815:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485867727063524132
Precip in3.73.14.13.93.95.04.34.34.84.64.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bald Eagle196 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk134 obs
  • Song Sparrow99 obs
  • Savannah Sparrow77 obs
  • White-tailed Deer73 obs
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee73 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk56 obs
  • American Kestrel51 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/258847256

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