Sparrow Bush, New York — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Sparrow Bush, Orange County.
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Sparrow Bush rests where the Delaware River, a broad, slow-moving artery, begins to curve with more insistence, its waters reflecting the stoic, green shoulders of the Kittatinny Ridge. It lies 15.9 miles west-south-west of Middletown, NY (from Middletown, NY: bearing 259°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north-west of Port Jervis. The land here is a generous, sloping canvas, where fields of cultivated crops—corn and hay mostly, with the occasional blush of apple orchards in season—descend towards the river's edge. Old stone farmhouses, their walls weathered to the color of old parchment, punctuate the landscape, their chimneys still exhaling faint plumes of smoke on crisp mornings, a quiet testament to generations who have worked this fertile ground. The air, especially at the close of day, carries a coolness that seems to seep from the very soil, a tangible presence that settles over the fields and whispers through the sparse stands of trees lining the riverbanks. The story of Sparrow Bush is inextricably tied to the Delaware, a lifeline for commerce and connection since its earliest days. Before the highways and the hum of distant traffic, the river was the main thoroughfare, carrying lumber and agricultural bounty downstream. The echoes of that past linger in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture and the enduring agricultural backbone of Sparrow Bush, a place where farming remains a vital, if sometimes challenging, part of the local economy. While industry has ebbed and flowed, the land itself and the river's steady presence continue to define the character of Sparrow Bush, offering a quiet resilience that feels as old as the hills surrounding it.
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| Location | Sparrow Bush, Orange County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41.400093°N, 74.723219°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 12780, 12771 |
| Area Code | 845 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sparrow Bush, New York, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sparrow Bush includes coordinates 41.400093°N, 74.723219°W, situated in Orange County. ZIP code 12780, 12771. Telephone area code: 845. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.