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Godfrey Park

Godfrey Park from directly overhead

Godfrey Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 173 m. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Germond Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
173 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.72939, -73.71180

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Taconic Hereford Multiple Use Area: 2.5 mi
  • Whortekill Rod & Gun Club: 6.4 mi
  • West Mountain State Forest: 8.4 mi
  • Leather Hill Preserve: 10.4 mi
  • Friends of Great Swamp: 10.5 mi
Parks
  • Freedom Park: 3.7 mi
  • Village Green: 3.9 mi
  • Tribute Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Red Wing Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
  • Red Wing Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • World War Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
  • Charcoal Hearth: 10.4 mi
  • Dudley Memorial Plaza: 10.6 mi
  • William W Smith Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Fallen Fire Fighters Memorials: 10.9 mi
Museums: 43
Gardens: 25
Beaches: 24
  • Berean Park Beach: 13.8 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 13.8 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 13.8 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Private Beach: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascades: 11.0 mi
  • LG waterfall: 12.2 mi
  • Kent Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Dover Stone Church: 6.4 mi
  • wings castle: 7.9 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.9 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 17.6 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
Artworks: 12
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 11.4 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 11.5 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 11.7 mi
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 11.8 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Godfrey Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Preston HillE 98°442 m10.1 mi
North Preston HillE 93°441 m10.3 mi
Clove MountainSSE 161°426 m3.0 mi
Chapel Pond HillE 95°426 m10.8 mi
Cobble MountainENE 73°426 m11.4 mi
Dennis HillSE 139°416 m6.8 mi
East MountainE 92°406 m9.3 mi
Mount EgbertS 175°405 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5220:34
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 °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wild geranium7 obs
  • common milkweed5 obs
  • ground-ivy5 obs
  • sensitive fern5 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee5 obs
  • Spongy Moth4 obs
  • Asian bittersweet4 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail3 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 way/1456888602

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