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Edward R Murrow Park

Edward R Murrow Park from directly overhead

Edward R Murrow Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 149 m. Clove Mountain stands 426 m to the north-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom, a peak 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
149 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.56778, -73.61361
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Friends of Great Swamp: 3.1 mi
  • Pawling Nature Reserve: 3.6 mi
  • West Mountain State Forest: 4.0 mi
  • Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy: 4.8 mi
  • Pawling Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 3.3 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Towne Center Park: 5.8 mi
  • Colonial Park: 6.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 6.8 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 8.5 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 9.5 mi
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 10.5 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 15.0 mi
Museums: 44
Artworks: 27
  • greek letter pi: 13.5 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 14.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 17.1 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 17.8 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 19.3 mi
Gardens: 26
Waterfalls: 18
  • Upper Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cascades: 10.1 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 17
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 12
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 5.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Edward R Murrow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clove MountainNNW 334°426 m9.3 mi
Dennis HillN 354°416 m6.1 mi
Observatory HillENE 70°405 m4.0 mi
Mount EgbertW 267°405 m4.1 mi
Depot HillW 279°398 m3.2 mi
East MountainNNW 346°393 m7.1 mi
West MountainN 0°392 m6.5 mi
Nimham MountSW 218°388 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262938506067737264534132
Precip in3.73.44.03.83.64.54.43.85.14.73.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Japanese barberry40 obs
  • garlic mustard37 obs
  • sensitive fern36 obs
  • wild geranium30 obs
  • common mugwort30 obs
  • autumn olive24 obs
  • eastern poison ivy18 obs
  • multiflora rose15 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/357646065

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