Brake Hill
Brake Hill rises to 574 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Toppin, a peak 2.6 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34806095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 574 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 13.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 23 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grout Brook Fishing Access: 3.0 mi
- High Vista Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Withey Parcel: 5.5 mi
- Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area: 6.4 mi
- Ripley Hill Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Casterline Pond Waterway Access: 3.7 mi
- Durkee Park: 4.0 mi
- Harry A. Calale Park: 4.2 mi
- Newton Park: 4.6 mi
- Homer Village Green: 4.7 mi
- Mount Toppin: 2.6 mi
- Corl Hill: 3.9 mi
- East Hill: 4.1 mi
- Preble Hill: 4.5 mi
- Cosmos Hill: 4.8 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 6.8 mi
- 1890 House: 7.3 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 17.0 mi
- Field School House: 18.8 mi
- Steadman House: 20.9 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 7.0 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 18.7 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 19.6 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 20.3 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 20.6 mi
- Fellows Falls: 8.4 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 8.6 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 10.3 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 10.5 mi
- Tinker Falls: 10.6 mi
- Leonard Property: 8.4 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 15.0 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 19.6 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 21.8 mi
- Mountain Goat: 22.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 23.5 mi
- Job: 23.6 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 23.6 mi
- Saltine Warrior: 23.6 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 10.6 mi
- Old Dam: 12.2 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 13.5 mi
- Incodema: 23.3 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 23.4 mi
- Preble: 3.3 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 17.4 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 19.9 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Brake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SSE 166° | 643 m | 14.7 mi |
| Greek Peak | SSE 168° | 637 m | 14.4 mi |
| Morgan Hill | ENE 61° | 618 m | 12.4 mi |
| Randall Hill | E 93° | 617 m | 15.4 mi |
| Truxton Hill | ENE 60° | 616 m | 7.8 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSE 161° | 616 m | 12.6 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SSW 193° | 612 m | 18.0 mi |
| Fellows Hill | NE 51° | 611 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944606 — Brake Hill, Cortland County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357550155
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 7 mi
- Skaneateles · 20 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 23 mi
- Ithaca · 23 mi
- Auburn · 24 mi
- Cazenovia · 24 mi
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