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Douglas Phillips Park

Douglas Phillips Park from directly overhead

Douglas Phillips Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 66 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Doug Phillips Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
66 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.54361, -73.86556

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Doug Phillips Park: 0.0 mi
  • Sarah Taylor Park (outer): 1.2 mi
  • Sarah Taylor Park: 1.6 mi
  • Geering Park: 2.8 mi
  • Lime Kiln Recreation Center: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums: 42
  • Van Wyck Homestead Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Mesier Homestead and Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Great Buddha Hall: 5.5 mi
  • Dia:Beacon: 6.8 mi
  • Magazzino: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 35
Beaches: 24
  • Canopus Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Berean Park Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Sherman Town Beach: 19.4 mi
Gardens: 24
Attractions: 15
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 15.3 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 18.2 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 18.4 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 18.4 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • LG waterfall: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Cascades: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Stormville Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainSW 224°491 m5.9 mi
North Beacon MountainSW 227°465 m5.6 mi
Bald HillSW 223°456 m3.9 mi
Lambs HillSW 224°454 m4.7 mi
Bull HillSSW 213°433 m8.7 mi
Crows NestSSW 213°429 m11.1 mi
Butter HillSW 221°420 m10.7 mi
Storm King MountainSW 221°411 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938496068747264524232
Precip in2.82.23.13.63.53.93.84.34.33.73.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed10 obs
  • garlic mustard8 obs
  • American Toad7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake6 obs
  • Common Box Turtle6 obs
  • Gray Treefrog6 obs
  • box elder5 obs
  • Spongy Moth5 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/357646054

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