Branch Hill
Branch Hill rises to 370 m in New York. Dennis Hill stands 416 m to the northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is West Briggs Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34806113, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 370 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Briggs Hill Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Mallory Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancey: 2.1 mi
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy: 2.1 mi
- Spring Lake Road: 2.1 mi
- Turner Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Observatory Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mizzen Top: 1.4 mi
- Seeley Hill: 1.7 mi
- Briggs Hill: 2.2 mi
- Colonial Park: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Sherman Town Park: 2.0 mi
- Edward R Murrow Park: 4.3 mi
- Sega Meadows Park: 4.5 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 2.8 mi
- Jim Hulton: 4.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 7.9 mi
- Mill Ruins: 11.5 mi
- Thomas Robert Lilly: 12.8 mi
- Northrop House: 1.7 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 6.4 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 10.9 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 12.0 mi
- Personal Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Judea Garden: 12.7 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 13.9 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 13.9 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 16.7 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 2.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.4 mi
- Cascades: 8.3 mi
- New Preston Falls: 11.5 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 5.7 mi
- New Milford Tank: 6.2 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 10.1 mi
- Indian village: 11.0 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 11.9 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 2.0 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 2.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 3.7 mi
- North Beach: 7.1 mi
- South Beach: 7.5 mi
- greek letter pi: 11.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 12.2 mi
- Jean Widmark: 13.5 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 15.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 20.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 4.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Grand Staircase: 10.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 11.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 19.5 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 22.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 23.2 mi
- Pond View: 23.3 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Dicktown: 14.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 7.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Branch Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hill | NW 319° | 416 m | 7.6 mi |
| Observatory Hill | NNW 333° | 405 m | 1.3 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | N 3° | 404 m | 7.9 mi |
| Depot Hill | W 272° | 398 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 326° | 392 m | 7.6 mi |
| Birch Hill | SSW 202° | 386 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 325° | 386 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cranberry Mountain | SSW 200° | 376 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357550207
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 15 mi
- Cold Spring · 24 mi
- Highlands · 28 mi
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