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Ketcham Park

Ketcham Park from directly overhead

Ketcham Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 113 m. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
113 m
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Coordinates41.73944, -73.56944

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Kent Commons Park: 4.9 mi
  • Kent Green: 5.0 mi
  • Town of Dover: 6.5 mi
  • Village Green: 7.2 mi
  • Tribute Gardens: 7.3 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Charcoal Hearth: 4.5 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 9.9 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 10.6 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 10.9 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 11.9 mi
Museums: 35
Waterfalls: 24
Beaches: 19
Attractions: 16
  • Dover Stone Church: 1.0 mi
  • wings castle: 9.0 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 13.9 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 14.3 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 16
Cliffs: 10
Artworks: 10
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 18.8 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 18.8 mi
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 18.9 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 18.9 mi
  • Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Ketcham Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ellsworth HillNE 54°473 m7.4 mi
Preston HillSE 128°442 m3.4 mi
North Preston HillESE 114°441 m3.2 mi
Skiff MountainENE 60°431 m7.3 mi
Bromica MountainE 87°428 m8.2 mi
Chapel Pond HillESE 115°426 m3.8 mi
Cobble MountainNE 54°426 m4.4 mi
Clove MountainWSW 241°426 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2019:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1915:4316:27

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ring-necked Pheasant25 obs
  • Juniper Hairstreak21 obs
  • Golden Eagle19 obs
  • Smallmouth Bass15 obs
  • ebony spleenwort14 obs
  • Bald Eagle13 obs
  • Little Wood Satyr13 obs
  • Snakewort13 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/357646456

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