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Tackamack Park

Tackamack Park from directly overhead

Tackamack Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 78 m. Breakneck Mountain stands 384 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluefields, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
78 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.06278, -73.94278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 1.5 mi
  • Christopher Columbus: 1.5 mi
  • The Flux of Being: 1.6 mi
  • Approach: 1.7 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 1.8 mi
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Philipsburg Manor: 4.5 mi
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 4.6 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 4.6 mi
  • House Of Sports: 6.0 mi
  • Garden Remants: 7.1 mi
Cliffs
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 7.0 mi
  • The Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 11.8 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 19
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 8.1 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 10.7 mi
  • Area B: 11.3 mi
  • Area C: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Falls: 13.2 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.1 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 19.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Tackamack Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Breakneck MountainNW 320°384 m12.5 mi
Squirrel Swamp MountainNW 317°378 m11.8 mi
Ladentown MountainNW 322°378 m12.2 mi
Big HillNW 326°374 m12.8 mi
Tuxedo RockNW 314°358 m12.7 mi
Raccoon Brook HillNW 306°353 m12.3 mi
Limekiln MountainNW 323°342 m11.5 mi
Pine Meadow MountainNW 310°340 m12.6 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wineberry74 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly45 obs
  • Green Frog37 obs
  • American pokeweed35 obs
  • White-tailed Deer34 obs
  • common mugwort33 obs
  • eastern poison ivy32 obs
  • garlic mustard31 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/357610715

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