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Big Hill

Big Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Big Hill rises to 339 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Miner Lake State Park, a park 2.6 miles away. Military Trail passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Clinton County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34805260, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
339 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.84476, -73.63736

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 50
Nature reserves: 32
  • Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 4.3 mi
  • Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 7.1 mi
  • Clinton Mooers Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 8.7 mi
  • Cadyville State Forest: 9.0 mi
  • Clinton Mooers Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 9.1 mi
Museums: 14
  • Mooers Train Station: 8.9 mi
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 13.3 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 13.4 mi
  • Kent-Delord House Museum: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 4
  • High Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Alice Falls: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 14.6 mi
  • Airplane: 14.6 mi
  • Ausable Chasm: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 14.0 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainSW 229°1,167 m14.8 mi
Averill PeakSW 229°1,159 m15.9 mi
Brushy KnobSW 225°885 m15.3 mi
Haystack MountainSW 231°881 m22.8 mi
Norton PeakSW 229°876 m21.1 mi
Ragged Lake MountainWSW 245°832 m22.0 mi
Ellenburg MountainWSW 247°789 m10.9 mi
Johnson MountainSW 216°755 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2819:07
June solstice05:0920:0020:45
September equinox06:4218:1518:54
December solstice07:3015:2816:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357548744

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