Peak · New York
Piano Mountain
Piano Mountain rises to 299 m in New York. Bull Hill stands 433 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoolhouse Museum, a museum 0.8 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34891380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.34676, -73.82736
- 19.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums: 60
- Schoolhouse Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Peekskill Museum: 6.3 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 6.4 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 6.7 mi
- West Point Museum: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Danner Family Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Granite Mountain Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Sylvan Glen Park Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Garrison School Forest: 5.0 mi
- Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation: 5.1 mi
Peaks
- Indian Hill: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.4 mi
- Jones Hill: 1.9 mi
- Granite Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Spruce Hill: 2.7 mi
Parks
- Blackberry Woods: 1.5 mi
- Ivy Knolls Park: 1.8 mi
- Taconic Parkland: 1.9 mi
- Kensington Woods: 2.0 mi
- Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- SMASHED CHEVROLET: 2.6 mi
- Quarry: 3.2 mi
- Quarry Mine: 3.4 mi
- Old Car: 3.6 mi
- Tunnel: 3.7 mi
Artworks
- Arc: 7.0 mi
- General Patton: 7.4 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 7.4 mi
- Washington Monument: 7.4 mi
- Thayer Statue: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 57
- Hell Hole: 8.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 14.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 15.0 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 53
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 8.4 mi
- Garden: 10.1 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 16
- Timp-Torne Trail: 8.5 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 9.0 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 11.0 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 13.8 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 14
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 5.4 mi
- Canopus Beach: 8.6 mi
- Brick Beach: 9.6 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 10.4 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Farms Falls: 18.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 18.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 18.9 mi
- Sheep Falls: 20.8 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 13.9 mi
- Pell Hill: 14.1 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 17.6 mi
- Kakiat Park: 20.4 mi
- The Meadow: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Dicktown: 9.3 mi
- Doodletown: 9.7 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Piano Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull Hill | NW 314° | 433 m | 9.2 mi |
| Crows Nest | WNW 298° | 429 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bare Rock Mountain | W 280° | 373 m | 8.3 mi |
| California Hill | NNE 23° | 359 m | 6.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | N 5° | 335 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dick Hill | NNE 17° | 334 m | 8.3 mi |
| Moose Hill | NNE 22° | 330 m | 5.9 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 331° | 330 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960326 — Piano Mountain, Putnam County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576818
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 7 mi
- Cold Spring · 8 mi
- Highlands · 8 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 10 mi
- Stony Point · 12 mi
- Ossining · 13 mi
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