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Kennedy - Dells County Park

Kennedy - Dells County Park from directly overhead

Kennedy - Dells County Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 73 m. Rockhouse Mountain stands 387 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy-Dells Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
73 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.17167, -73.99714

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kennedy-Dells Park: 0.1 mi
  • Zukor Park: 0.4 mi
  • Historical Society of Rockland County Grounds: 0.5 mi
  • Community Park and Sandpit: 1.4 mi
  • Kevin Landau Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Cliffs
  • Scenic Overlook: 2.1 mi
  • Pulpit: 8.0 mi
  • Jersey Volunteers: 8.8 mi
  • Kitty Corners: 8.8 mi
  • Torch: 8.8 mi
Artworks
  • Brickhead Truth: 2.4 mi
  • River Arch: 6.7 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 7.3 mi
  • Approach: 7.4 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 7.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 6.4 mi
  • Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 7.3 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 7.7 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 7.8 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 40
Picnic sites: 17
  • Kakiat Park: 6.4 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 16.0 mi
  • Area B: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Kennedy - Dells County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rockhouse MountainNW 313°387 m6.8 mi
Breakneck MountainWNW 290°384 m5.6 mi
Jackie Jones MountainNW 313°383 m5.3 mi
West MountainN 355°382 m7.8 mi
Ladentown MountainWNW 294°378 m5.2 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainWNW 282°378 m5.3 mi
Diamond MountainW 275°378 m7.3 mi
Big HillNW 305°374 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4716:31

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, 12 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer40 obs
  • American Robin22 obs
  • common mugwort22 obs
  • garlic mustard21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel17 obs
  • wineberry16 obs
  • multiflora rose15 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly15 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 way/733806429

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