Blue Hills
Blue Hills rises to 877 m in New York. Puffer Mountain stands 1,048 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Corner Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34805747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 877 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 12.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 13.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.0 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 10 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 13 mi
- Scenic View · 13 mi
- view · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corner Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Big Hopkins Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Long Pine Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Moose Mountain: 3.2 mi
- shuffle board: 10.0 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 12.6 mi
- Byron Park: 16.5 mi
- Courtney Park: 19.4 mi
- Warrensburg Recreation Field: 20.1 mi
- Square Falls: 3.2 mi
- Austin Falls: 6.4 mi
- Auger Falls: 6.9 mi
- Christine Falls: 7.4 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 9.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 9.8 mi
- Mill Creek Parking Area: 9.9 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 15.6 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Mini Route 66: 10.1 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 11.0 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 13.7 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 18.1 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 13.9 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 23.1 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 23.1 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 23.2 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 12.2 mi
- Long Beach: 12.2 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 13.3 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 19.4 mi
- Wayside Beach: 23.0 mi
- Wayout Wall: 9.4 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 9.9 mi
- Moxham Point: 17.4 mi
- Echo Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 23.5 mi
- paint mine: 10.2 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 10.4 mi
- Frank Watkins: 18.9 mi
- pump house: 24.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 11.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.8 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 12.5 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 22.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 14.4 mi
- Rafting: 16.9 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 13.2 mi
- Community Garden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Blue Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puffer Mountain | N 350° | 1,048 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | N 356° | 1,042 m | 9.6 mi |
| Eleventh Mountain | NE 48° | 1,004 m | 6.6 mi |
| South Pond Mountain | NW 318° | 993 m | 3.7 mi |
| Dug Mountain | WNW 284° | 980 m | 9.0 mi |
| County Line Mountain | NNW 340° | 939 m | 4.4 mi |
| Humphrey Mountain | NNW 330° | 907 m | 6.7 mi |
| Height of Land Mountain | NE 39° | 897 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:37 | 16:24 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357549560
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