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Rye Town Park

Rye Town Park from directly overhead

Rye Town Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Guard Hill stands 226 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Rye

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.96112, -73.68027

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Museums
Parks
  • Grove 1: 0.4 mi
  • Grove 2: 0.4 mi
  • Manursing Island Park: 0.8 mi
  • Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Rye Recreation Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 3.1 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 8.4 mi
  • High Point: 8.7 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • South Lake Walk: 4.9 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 5.0 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Grass Garden: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Northwest Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.9 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.5 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Farms Falls: 11.8 mi
  • The Loch: 18.6 mi
  • Cascade: 22.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.2 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Rye Town Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillN 356°226 m16.9 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 342°219 m15.2 mi
Sarles HillNNW 337°216 m14.2 mi
Hook MountainNW 312°214 m16.6 mi
McKesson HillNNW 344°213 m16.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 327°211 m12.4 mi
Mount NeboWNW 295°208 m14.2 mi
Indian HillN 10°201 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer218 obs
  • Wild Turkey164 obs
  • wineberry96 obs
  • Osprey90 obs
  • groundsel tree82 obs
  • common reed70 obs
  • Great Egret69 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly65 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/483762992

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