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Blue Hill

Blue Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Hill rises to 614 m in New York. McCarty Hill stands 710 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Erie County Forest, a nature reserve 3.6 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34805697, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
614 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50201, -78.53308

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Parks
  • Sardinia Veteran's Town Park: 3.9 mi
  • Erie County Forest: 4.0 mi
  • Villiage Park: 6.6 mi
  • Heritage Park: 6.7 mi
  • Fiddler's Green Park: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 28
Artworks: 15
  • Bird: 10.9 mi
  • Giraffe: 11.0 mi
  • Reclining women: 11.7 mi
  • The Maze: 11.7 mi
  • Bust: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 12
  • Warner Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Concord Mercantile/ Heritage Building: 6.7 mi
  • Ellicottville Historical Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Elbert Hubbard Roycroft Museum and ScheideMantel House: 18.7 mi
  • Roycroft Campus: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Arcade and Attica Railroad Depot: 6.0 mi
  • Boundary: 10.7 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site: 11.0 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Mill Valley Road site: 12.1 mi
  • Fisher Price Toy Store: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Zoar Valley Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Zoar Valley Naturist Area: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hammock Haven: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
Springs: 1
  • Melissa's Spring: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McCarty HillSSW 206°710 m19.0 mi
Chapell HillS 178°708 m22.0 mi
Lindell LookoutSSW 204°707 m22.8 mi
Poverty HillSSW 212°706 m15.8 mi
Laidlaw HillS 175°697 m15.9 mi
Watson HillSW 215°697 m17.8 mi
Fish HillSSW 212°697 m18.4 mi
Pierce HillS 170°691 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4919:26
June solstice05:3820:1320:56
September equinox07:0218:3619:13
December solstice07:4115:5916:45

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222331435564686660493829
Precip in3.32.53.03.53.84.14.64.04.34.33.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklinville, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 969900 — Blue Hill, Cattaraugus County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357595885

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