Bolster Hill
Bolster Hill rises to 492 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Brook State Forest, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34805877, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 492 m
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 29.5 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Meeker Hill: 2.6 mi
- Keater Hill: 3.0 mi
- Purdy Hill: 3.4 mi
- Burdick Hill: 4.7 mi
- Perkins Hill: 4.8 mi
- Cincinnatus Town Park: 5.4 mi
- Papish Pond Multiple Use Area: 6.6 mi
- Ball Flats Park: 11.3 mi
- Pharsalia Game Refuge: 11.8 mi
- Lyon's Park: 11.9 mi
- Red Brook State Forest: 1.9 mi
- Triangle State Forest: 8.5 mi
- Otselic State Forest: 13.5 mi
- Bucks Brook State Forest: 14.5 mi
- Dog Hollow State Forest: 14.6 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 11.5 mi
- Snyder's Maple: 11.5 mi
- Cook Park: 12.4 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 13.0 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 16.7 mi
- Northeast Classic Car Museum: 15.8 mi
- Chenango County Historical Society: 15.9 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 19.3 mi
- 1890 House: 19.6 mi
- Chenango School House Museums: 20.3 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- ww1: 15.6 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 18.5 mi
- Castle Creek Memorial: 18.8 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 20.0 mi
- Chippewa Falls: 15.5 mi
- Spicer Falls: 18.7 mi
- Tinker Falls: 22.9 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Preble: 22.6 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Leonard Property: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Bolster Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | W 271° | 643 m | 16.0 mi |
| Greek Peak | W 272° | 637 m | 16.5 mi |
| South Hill | W 273° | 635 m | 16.7 mi |
| Randall Hill | NNW 344° | 617 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tuller Hill | W 280° | 616 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | NE 39° | 606 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bull Hill | NNW 336° | 605 m | 15.1 mi |
| Allen Hill | NNW 329° | 603 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney PT DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944407 — Bolster Hill, Chenango County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357549760
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- Cortland · 20 mi
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