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Willsons Woods Park

Willsons Woods Park from directly overhead

Willsons Woods Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Chappaqua Hill stands 219 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pelham Veteran's Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.91393, -73.81487

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Pelham Veteran's Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Jacob Leisler Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Thomas Paine Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Split Rock: 1.9 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Pelham 9/11 Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Juliannes Park: 0.5 mi
  • Highbrook Highline: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
  • Feeney Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Beaches
Artworks
Attractions
  • Tillotson Steps: 2.9 mi
  • Parking: 4.3 mi
  • Trevor Park: 5.1 mi
  • Cherry Bowl: 5.2 mi
  • Temple of Love: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Falls: 2.2 mi
  • The Loch: 11.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.9 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 19.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Willsons Woods Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chappaqua HillN 8°219 m17.9 mi
Sarles HillN 5°216 m16.3 mi
Hook MountainNNW 339°214 m15.3 mi
McKesson HillN 7°213 m18.9 mi
Buttermilk HillN 1°211 m13.6 mi
Mount NeboNNW 328°208 m11.0 mi
Reynolds HillN 10°180 m13.5 mi
Motts HillN 355°177 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:5020:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

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

  • Spotted Lanternfly105 obs
  • American Robin59 obs
  • common mugwort59 obs
  • Mallard55 obs
  • Porcelain Berry53 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail47 obs
  • Canada Goose45 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/544259388

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