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Tappan Hill

Tappan Hill, a peak in New York
Tappan Hill, a peak in New YorkSetoxxx · CC0

Tappan Hill rises to 127 m in New York. Horse Chock Mountain stands 330 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hackley Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34811558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
127 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.07278, -73.85278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Patriots Park: 0.7 mi
  • Losee Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wilson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sykes Park: 0.8 mi
  • Margotta Courts Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Current: 0.8 mi
  • Converging Vistas: 0.8 mi
  • Untitled, for Imre Lendvai: 0.8 mi
  • Great Hunger Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Leaping Sturgeon: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Headless Horseman Statue: 1.2 mi
  • Philipsburg Manor: 1.3 mi
  • Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 1.3 mi
  • House Of Sports: 4.2 mi
  • Garden Remants: 7.5 mi
Gardens
Cliffs
  • Raven's Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.9 mi
  • The Palisades: 9.2 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 12.2 mi
  • Palisades: 13.4 mi
Beaches
Picnic sites: 21
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 9.3 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 14.6 mi
  • Area B: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • The Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Farms Falls: 12.9 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 19.6 mi
  • The Loch: 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 19.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 19.7 mi
  • Larry Doby Service Area: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Tappan Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse Chock MountainNW 311°330 m14.3 mi
Cheesecote MountainNW 312°296 m13.6 mi
Eagle RockNW 305°293 m14.3 mi
Turkey MountainNNE 13°253 m12.4 mi
High TorNW 324°244 m9.8 mi
Dickerson MountainN 357°237 m12.9 mi
French HillNNE 13°236 m13.8 mi
Guard HillNE 41°226 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2419:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1815:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441516170757467554537
Precip in3.93.34.44.34.34.64.54.44.64.43.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbs Ferry-ardsley, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2414811 — Tappan Hill, Westchester County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357641023

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