Spook Rock
Spook Rock rises to 167 m in New York. Tom Jones Mountain stands 387 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34909810, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 167 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.6 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 0.9 mi
- Abandoned Tractor: 5.8 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 8.3 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 8.8 mi
- Basalt Beach: 10.6 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 3.0 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 3.0 mi
- Hopper-Goetschius House Museum: 4.2 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 6.8 mi
- History Center Museum: 6.8 mi
- Horse Stable Rock: 3.0 mi
- Horse Stable Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Hooge Kop/Houvenkopf Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Ramapo Mountains: 3.6 mi
- Raccoon Brook Hill: 3.8 mi
- Elbert Street Property: 4.5 mi
- Monte Park: 4.7 mi
- Shultz Property: 4.8 mi
- Royale Tract: 5.0 mi
- Ridge Road Park: 5.0 mi
- Kathryn Gorman Ponds Park: 0.7 mi
- Viola Town Park: 1.4 mi
- Harry Reiss Park: 1.5 mi
- Clark Recreation Center: 1.5 mi
- Lorna Lane Park: 1.6 mi
- Indian Rock: 1.6 mi
- Washington Avenue Soldier's Monumnet and Triangle: 2.7 mi
- Camp-18: 4.0 mi
- Halifax Ruins: 5.1 mi
- Sloatsburg Cemetery: 5.6 mi
- Torch: 3.8 mi
- Oliphant Boulder: 3.8 mi
- Run-up: 3.8 mi
- Jersey Volunteers: 3.8 mi
- High Electricity: 3.8 mi
- Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 1.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Moraine Garden: 7.1 mi
- Cactus Rock: 7.1 mi
- Hosta & Rhododendron Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Diana: 7.1 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 7.2 mi
- Swan Boy: 7.2 mi
- Eagles: 7.3 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 8.0 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 5.7 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 6.9 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach Club: 9.5 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 10.8 mi
- Brick Beach: 11.5 mi
- Kakiat Park: 2.0 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Area B: 11.8 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 11.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 12.6 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 13.3 mi
- Monksville: 10.5 mi
- Doodletown: 13.4 mi
- New City Village: 16.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Spook Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Jones Mountain | NNW 343° | 387 m | 7.7 mi |
| Breakneck Mountain | N 0° | 384 m | 5.5 mi |
| Jackie Jones Mountain | N 11° | 383 m | 7.3 mi |
| Parker Cabin Mountain | NNW 339° | 381 m | 7.5 mi |
| Diamond Mountain | NNW 335° | 378 m | 4.6 mi |
| Squirrel Swamp Mountain | N 1° | 378 m | 4.7 mi |
| Ladentown Mountain | N 5° | 378 m | 5.7 mi |
| Big Hill | N 8° | 374 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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 | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357590652
Day trips start here
- Monsey · 2 mi
- Spring Valley · 3 mi
- Suffern · 3 mi
- Rockland County · 4 mi
- Nanuet · 5 mi
- New City · 6 mi
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