Peak · New York
Hook Mountain
Hook Mountain rises to 214 m in New York. Jackie Jones Mountain stands 383 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Congers Lake Memorial Park, a park 1.8 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34922991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 214 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.12079, -73.91813
- 7.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 27 mi
- Pinwheel Vista · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Congers Lake Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Mountainview Nature Park: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Nyack Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Franklin Street Park: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Memorial Park Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- Peabody Monarch Garden: 3.3 mi
- Dooryard Garden: 4.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 5.9 mi
Artworks
- Tappan Zee: 2.6 mi
- Approach: 2.7 mi
- The Flux of Being: 2.9 mi
- Leaping Sturgeon: 3.2 mi
- River Arch: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
- Grand Dame: 2.6 mi
- Brick Factory Foundation: 3.0 mi
- Thomas Foley 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Luis Zhizhpon: 3.4 mi
- Bluefields: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Peabody Preserve Outdoor Classroom: 3.1 mi
- Blauvelt State Park: 3.3 mi
- Crawbuckie Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Tommy Thurber Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Sheldon Swamp: 5.5 mi
Peaks
- Battle Hill: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Hill: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.1 mi
- Kykuit Hill: 4.4 mi
- Tappan Hill: 4.8 mi
Attractions
- Philipsburg Manor: 3.6 mi
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 3.6 mi
- Headless Horseman Statue: 3.7 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 5.4 mi
- House Of Sports: 8.3 mi
Museums
- Philipsburg Manor Visitor Center: 3.7 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 3.9 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 4.1 mi
- History Center Museum: 5.0 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 5.0 mi
Cliffs
- Raven's Rock: 5.6 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 10.5 mi
- The Palisades: 11.8 mi
- Pulpit: 12.4 mi
Beaches
- Brick Beach: 8.8 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 9.2 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 12.3 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 13.0 mi
- Huylers Beach: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 18
- Kakiat Park: 10.4 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 12.0 mi
- Area B: 15.1 mi
- Area C: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 14.8 mi
- Farms Falls: 15.8 mi
- The Falls: 16.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 18.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 21.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Doodletown: 13.1 mi
- Monksville: 19.9 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.0 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Hook Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Jones Mountain | NW 312° | 383 m | 10.7 mi |
| Squirrel Swamp Mountain | WNW 296° | 378 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ladentown Mountain | WNW 302° | 378 m | 10.5 mi |
| Big Hill | NW 308° | 374 m | 10.7 mi |
| Limekiln Mountain | WNW 303° | 342 m | 9.7 mi |
| Panther Mountain | WNW 298° | 334 m | 9.9 mi |
| Horse Chock Mountain | NW 310° | 330 m | 9.5 mi |
| Catamount Mountain | WNW 293° | 325 m | 9.8 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 953158 — Hook Mountain, Rockland County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357565350
Day trips start here
- Nyack · 2 mi
- Sleepy Hollow · 3 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 4 mi
- New City · 4 mi
- Ossining · 4 mi
- Nanuet · 5 mi
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