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Big Hill

Big Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Big Hill rises to 388 m in New York. Summit Mountain stands 719 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Diana Forest Preserve Detached Parcel, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 2.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Lewis County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34805266, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
388 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.13368, -75.27048

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 26
Waterfalls: 12
  • Basford Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Sinclair Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Flat Rock Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Twin Falls: 18.3 mi
Parks: 10
  • Gouveneur Village Park: 17.0 mi
  • Monument Park: 17.2 mi
  • Harry L. Mills Memorial Park: 17.2 mi
  • Carthage Recreation Park: 19.2 mi
  • Long Falls Park: 20.1 mi
Museums: 4
  • Town of Diana Historical Soc: 3.0 mi
  • Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Depot & Railroad Museum: 17.7 mi
  • American Maple Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Philadelphia Historical Society: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 20.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit MountainESE 118°719 m20.0 mi
Cat MountainE 96°691 m20.2 mi
Sitz MountainSE 125°655 m16.4 mi
Roundtop MountainE 99°646 m17.8 mi
Threemile MountainESE 101°638 m19.2 mi
Partlow MountainESE 109°622 m17.9 mi
Alder Bed MountainSE 125°620 m13.2 mi
Panther MountainESE 112°611 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3519:13
June solstice05:1920:0420:49
September equinox06:4918:2219:00
December solstice07:3415:3816:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827425463676659463524
Precip in3.12.52.83.23.74.24.73.74.34.53.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanakena Rngr School, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 943894 — Big Hill, Lewis County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357548731

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