Skip to content

Beam Hill

Beam Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Beam Hill rises to 594 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Star Stanton Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34804551, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
594 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.45952, -76.30243

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 1.5 mi
  • Time Square: 2.2 mi
  • Montgomery Park: 2.2 mi
  • Mill Dam Park: 4.5 mi
  • Mill Dam Park: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 46
Attractions: 16
  • Incodema: 7.3 mi
  • Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 8.4 mi
  • The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 12.1 mi
  • Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 13.3 mi
  • Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Potter's Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Ithaca Falls: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 4.5 mi
  • Freeville Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 7.7 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 9
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Whitney Point Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Preble: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Black Lives Matter: 10.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tamarack Spring: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Der deutsche Strand: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cheningo Day Use Area: 21.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Beam Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgil MountainENE 74°643 m8.6 mi
Connecticut HillWSW 255°638 m19.4 mi
Greek PeakENE 72°637 m8.2 mi
South HillENE 69°635 m8.1 mi
Tuller HillENE 62°616 m10.1 mi
Star Stanton HillSE 140°612 m1.2 mi
Hammond HillSSE 167°598 m1.8 mi
Doll HillWSW 245°596 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:18
June solstice05:2920:0420:47
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:3215:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331445564676659483728
Precip in2.72.73.33.83.64.23.74.03.53.63.33.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943236 — Beam Hill, Tompkins County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357547233

More peaks in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Beam Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens