Anthony's Nose
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Anthony's Nose rises to 270 m in New York. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the north-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Montgomery, a museum 0.8 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft (270 m) peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York. It lies at the extreme northwest end of Westchester County, and serves as the east anchor of the Bear Mountain Bridge.
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Wikidata Q2852789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 270 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mine Dock Park: 0.8 mi
- Western Redoubt Fort Clinton: 0.8 mi
- Brooks Park: 1.2 mi
- Annsville Preserve Park: 2.7 mi
- Sprout Brook Park: 2.7 mi
- Iona Island Estuarine Research Reserve: 1.0 mi
- Iona Island Component Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve: 1.2 mi
- Hudson Highlands Gateway Park: 2.7 mi
- Fort Hill Park: 2.9 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 3.5 mi
- Manitou Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mine Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Bear Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Canada Hill: 1.9 mi
- The Torne: 2.0 mi
- Joseph Bartha: 1.7 mi
- Perkins Memorial Tower: 1.7 mi
- West Redoubt: 2.8 mi
- East Redoubt: 3.0 mi
- John Burroughs: 3.5 mi
- Arc: 3.2 mi
- General Patton: 5.2 mi
- Washington Monument: 5.2 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 5.2 mi
- Thayer Statue: 5.3 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 7.3 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 12.6 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 13.9 mi
- Hell Hole: 1.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 9.2 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 9.8 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 13.0 mi
- Fort Montgomery: 0.8 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 2.4 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 3.1 mi
- The Peekskill Museum: 3.4 mi
- West Point Museum: 3.8 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 2.6 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 2.6 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 9.4 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 10.1 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 14.1 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 5.0 mi
- Brick Beach: 5.2 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 10.8 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 11.7 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 13.1 mi
- Kakiat Park: 13.9 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 19.4 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
- Pell Hill: 20.8 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 20.1 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 21.0 mi
- Farms Falls: 23.0 mi
- LG waterfall: 24.6 mi
- Doodletown: 2.0 mi
- Dicktown: 15.0 mi
- Monksville: 21.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Anthony's Nose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spy Rock | NNW 334° | 441 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNW 343° | 429 m | 5.5 mi |
| Crows Nest | N 356° | 429 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Rascal | NW 316° | 424 m | 5.8 mi |
| Black Rock | NNW 339° | 424 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bull Hill | WNW 294° | 423 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hill of Pines | NNW 343° | 419 m | 6.1 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | W 279° | 416 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5282583841
Day trips start here
- Highlands · 2 mi
- Stony Point · 6 mi
- Cold Spring · 7 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 9 mi
- New City · 12 mi
- Ossining · 12 mi
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