Turkey Mountain
Turkey Mountain rises to 253 m in New York. Dunderberg Mountain stands 325 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Mountain West Unit, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Turkey Mountain is a hill (despite its name) located in Yorktown Heights, New York. The hill is located on a land reserve and is currently maintained by the Yorktown Land Trust. It is 831 feet (253 m) high and covers approximately 125 acres (0.51 km2) of land area.
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Wikidata Q7855080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 253 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Mountain West Unit: 0.3 mi
- Turkey Mountain East Unit: 0.9 mi
- Hemlock Brook Preserve: 1.2 mi
- New Croton Unit: 1.9 mi
- Hunterbrook Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Katonah Museum of Art: 6.6 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 6.8 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 6.9 mi
- The Peekskill Museum: 7.0 mi
- Lincoln Depot Museum: 7.3 mi
- Donald J. Trump State Park – French Hill Section: 1.0 mi
- Hanover East Park: 1.8 mi
- Railroad Park: 1.9 mi
- Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Junior Lake Memorial Pool: 2.2 mi
- French Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cat Hill: 1.4 mi
- Stayback Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Hog Hill: 2.7 mi
- The Pines Bridge Monument: 1.9 mi
- John E. Hand Park: 2.7 mi
- Nelson Mountain Fire Tower: 3.2 mi
- Quarry: 3.9 mi
- Quarry Entrance: 4.0 mi
- Raven's Rock: 10.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.2 mi
- Hell Hole: 11.4 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 11.5 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 11.9 mi
- River Arch: 7.3 mi
- Arc: 7.4 mi
- Brickhead Truth: 9.3 mi
- Annunaki: 11.4 mi
- General Patton: 12.8 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Merestead Formal Garden: 6.9 mi
- Formal Garden: 7.3 mi
- Potting Garden: 7.3 mi
- Brick Beach: 8.0 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 9.2 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 10.4 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 14.9 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 5.6 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 8.7 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 9.0 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 9.5 mi
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 11.4 mi
- Farms Falls: 12.8 mi
- Sheep Falls: 18.2 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 20.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 22.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 22.7 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 11.1 mi
- Pell Hill: 11.2 mi
- Kakiat Park: 17.9 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Doodletown: 11.2 mi
- Dicktown: 15.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 21.0 mi
- The Silver Spring: 15.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Turkey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunderberg Mountain | WNW 285° | 325 m | 10.1 mi |
| Denning Hill | NNW 327° | 309 m | 10.2 mi |
| Piano Mountain | NNW 348° | 299 m | 7.0 mi |
| Senior Hill | NNE 19° | 292 m | 8.8 mi |
| Watermelon Hill | NNE 27° | 290 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tinker Hill | N 351° | 285 m | 10.2 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNW 347° | 284 m | 9.2 mi |
| Spruce Hill | NNW 348° | 281 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:46 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593608
Day trips start here
- Croton-on-Hudson · 5 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 7 mi
- Ossining · 7 mi
- Sleepy Hollow · 11 mi
- Stony Point · 11 mi
- Highlands · 12 mi
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