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Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site

Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site from directly overhead

Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Schunnemunk Mountain stands 507 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Edmonston House, a museum 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.45342, -74.04672

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laurel Crest Park: 0.9 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sands Ring Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ruscitti Park: 1.7 mi
  • Curtis E Remfry Little League Complex: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • Sloop Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Snake Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Deer Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Butter Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Storm King Mountain: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Roe Park: 2.0 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 7.6 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 7.8 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 8.0 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 8.3 mi
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 4.7 mi
  • Hell Hole: 9.3 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 14.2 mi
  • Kaal Rock: 18.2 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 18.6 mi
Gardens: 47
  • Haldane School Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • West Coast: 14.7 mi
  • Las Vegas: 14.7 mi
  • Middle America: 14.7 mi
Museums: 38
Attractions: 34
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 12.4 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 12.6 mi
  • Ocean Explorer: 14.6 mi
  • Rogue Riders: 14.6 mi
  • LEGO Build-A-Boat: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • LG waterfall: 16.2 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Verkeerderkill Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Awosting Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schunnemunk MountainSW 220°507 m5.6 mi
South Beacon MountainENE 70°491 m5.6 mi
North Beacon MountainENE 65°465 m5.8 mi
Bald HillENE 63°456 m7.5 mi
Lambs HillENE 65°454 m6.8 mi
Spy RockSSE 163°441 m4.5 mi
Bull HillESE 103°433 m4.8 mi
Crows NestSE 133°429 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2015:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail15 obs
  • wineberry15 obs
  • Wild Turkey13 obs
  • American tuliptree13 obs
  • Spongy Moth11 obs
  • Christmas fern11 obs
  • Gray Treefrog11 obs
  • Groundhog10 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000901OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/438353013

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