Blue Hill
Blue Hill rises to 627 m in New York. Hail Mountain stands 792 m to the west-southwest, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 944308).
Wikidata Q34805719, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 627 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 7.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 22.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 25.1 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 7 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 13 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 13 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Broughton Ledge: 3.7 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 8.4 mi
- Sunshine City: 11.7 mi
- Bald Peak: 0.7 mi
- Lock Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cat Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hail Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Spar Bed Hill: 2.1 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 6.7 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 7.2 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Bi-Centenial Park: 12.8 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 7.6 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 8.5 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 9.0 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 9.6 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 9.7 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 10.6 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 10.6 mi
- Schroon Falls: 11.0 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 12.5 mi
- Meacham House: 6.3 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 7.3 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 7.4 mi
- Fort Crown Point: 7.5 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 5.5 mi
- The Iron Center: 6.6 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 8.0 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 12.8 mi
- Bench and Table: 19.6 mi
- Smog: 19.6 mi
- Youbie Obie: 19.7 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 19.7 mi
- King Kong: 19.8 mi
- Nature preserve: 11.4 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 16.1 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 22.1 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 23.1 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 23.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 6.5 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 7.0 mi
- Park beach: 14.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 14.7 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 15.1 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 6.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 6.6 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 7.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.3 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 24.4 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 14.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 6.6 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 19.8 mi
- Tahawus: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Blue Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail Mountain | WSW 250° | 792 m | 1.6 mi |
| Owl Pate | SW 228° | 746 m | 5.1 mi |
| Moose Mountain | SW 219° | 732 m | 3.6 mi |
| Old Far Mountain | W 280° | 713 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | NE 43° | 705 m | 0.7 mi |
| Stiles Hill | NNW 347° | 682 m | 4.8 mi |
| Harris Hill | NW 323° | 673 m | 2.2 mi |
| Bald Pate | SW 224° | 656 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357549553
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 8 mi
- Elizabethtown · 13 mi
- Westport · 15 mi
- Middlebury · 21 mi
- Essex · 24 mi
- Charlotte · 27 mi
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