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Sugarloaf Hill

Sugarloaf Hill, a peak in New York
Sugarloaf Hill, a peak in New YorkJuliancolton · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sugarloaf Hill rises to 225 m in New York. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the west-northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Open Space Conservancy, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

Sugarloaf Hill is a 785 ft (239 m) peak along the Hudson River in Putnam County, New York, part of the Hudson Highlands. It was named by the Dutch for its resemblance in outline to a sugarloaf when sailing up the river towards it.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7635005, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
225 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.36065, -73.94625

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Open Space Conservancy: 0.5 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 0.8 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 0.8 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 1.3 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Veteran's Park: 1.2 mi
  • Roe Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kosciuszko’s Garden: 2.2 mi
  • South Dock Park: 2.2 mi
  • Trophy Point: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Cliffs: 57
  • Hell Hole: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 4.7 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 12.0 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 13.0 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Boscobel Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Garden: 16.2 mi
Museums: 39
Attractions: 36
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 6
  • LG waterfall: 21.6 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Farms Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Princess circle picnic site: 16.3 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 17.2 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 19.9 mi
  • Pell Hill: 20.2 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Sugarloaf Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spy RockWNW 298°441 m4.4 mi
Bull HillN 355°433 m5.4 mi
Crows NestNNW 330°429 m3.8 mi
Rattlesnake HillNW 307°429 m3.9 mi
Black RockNW 310°424 m5.1 mi
Mount RascalWNW 283°424 m5.6 mi
Bull HillW 264°423 m6.6 mi
Butter HillNNW 328°420 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357591702

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