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Dexter Park

Dexter Park from directly overhead

Dexter Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 93 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Capital Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
93 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.07694, -74.04472

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Christopher Columbus: 4.1 mi
  • Approach: 6.4 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 6.4 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 6.4 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 6.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Scenic Overlook: 7.4 mi
  • Torch: 7.7 mi
  • Oliphant Boulder: 7.8 mi
  • Run-up: 7.8 mi
  • High Electricity: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 49
Picnic sites: 17
  • Kakiat Park: 6.0 mi
  • Area B: 9.2 mi
  • Area C: 9.3 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Rea House Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Boiling Spring: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Dexter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNNW 342°384 m8.9 mi
Jackie Jones MountainN 352°383 m10.2 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNNW 340°378 m8.1 mi
Diamond MountainNNW 326°378 m8.6 mi
Ladentown MountainNNW 345°378 m8.9 mi
Big HillN 349°374 m9.8 mi
Cranberry MountainNNW 342°366 m9.5 mi
Conklin MountainNNW 333°365 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4716:31

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, 12 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer27 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly23 obs
  • Red Fox13 obs
  • common mugwort10 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
  • Common Garter Snake8 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
  • eastern white pine8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357610630

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