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Bolster Hill

Bolster Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.48924, -75.82547

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • 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
Attractions: 11
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 6
  • 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
Waterfalls: 3
  • Chippewa Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Spicer Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Tinker Falls: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Whitney Point Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Preble: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cheningo Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgil MountainW 271°643 m16.0 mi
Greek PeakW 272°637 m16.5 mi
South HillW 273°635 m16.7 mi
Randall HillNNW 344°617 m14.2 mi
Tuller HillW 280°616 m15.6 mi
Pigeon HillNE 39°606 m13.4 mi
Bull HillNNW 336°605 m15.1 mi
Allen HillNNW 329°603 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3819:16
June solstice05:2720:0220:45
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:3015:4816:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242432455664696861503929
Precip in2.62.33.13.53.54.43.94.44.03.83.02.9

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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