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Mountainview Nature Park

Mountainview Nature Park from directly overhead

Mountainview Nature Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 60 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Falls Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
60 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.09861, -73.94306

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Tappan Zee: 1.6 mi
  • Approach: 1.6 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 1.8 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 2.0 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
  • The Palisades: 10.3 mi
  • Pulpit: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 59
Picnic sites: 19
  • Kakiat Park: 9.5 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 10.5 mi
  • Area B: 13.1 mi
  • Area C: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.3 mi
  • The Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.5 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 21.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mountainview Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNW 311°384 m10.7 mi
Jackie Jones MountainNW 322°383 m10.9 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNW 307°378 m10.1 mi
Ladentown MountainNW 313°378 m10.4 mi
Big HillNW 318°374 m10.8 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 313°366 m11.1 mi
Tuxedo RockNW 305°358 m11.1 mi
Raccoon Brook HillWNW 296°353 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:32
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wineberry40 obs
  • White-tailed Deer37 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • rue anemone24 obs
  • Black Swallowtail23 obs
  • garlic mustard22 obs
  • Monarch21 obs
  • Mallard19 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/357610671

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