Brown Hill
Brown Hill rises to 492 m in New York. Irish Hill stands 599 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34806306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 492 m
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 25 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Breesport Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Dunn Memorial Field: 6.9 mi
- Frank A. Rohde Park: 7.1 mi
- Blandford Park: 7.2 mi
- East Water Street Park: 7.2 mi
- Maple Hill: 2.6 mi
- Porter Hill: 3.0 mi
- Putnam Hill: 3.1 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.4 mi
- Barnes Hill: 4.0 mi
- Newtown Battlefield Monument: 6.2 mi
- DL&W Station Platforms: 7.8 mi
- DL&W RR Passenger Station foundation: 7.8 mi
- Elmira Police Memorial: 8.0 mi
- WWI Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Maple Hill State Forest: 3.0 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 11.1 mi
- Tanglewood Nature Center: 11.4 mi
- Wildwood Nature Reserve: 11.5 mi
- Plymouth Woods Nature Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Ashland Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Chemung Valley History Museum: 7.7 mi
- Horseheads Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- S.R.A.C. Susquehanna River Archaeological Center: 9.7 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 10.7 mi
- Deckertown Falls: 18.3 mi
- Shequaga Falls: 18.9 mi
- Aunt Sarah's Falls: 19.4 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 20.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.2 mi
- Labrador Duck: 7.5 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 8.1 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 8.1 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 8.2 mi
- Mark Twain: 8.2 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 24.1 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 24.6 mi
- Farrand Garden: 24.8 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 24.8 mi
- Minn's Garden: 24.8 mi
- Little Joe Tower: 20.8 mi
- Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 21.1 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 21.9 mi
- Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Incodema: 23.2 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 14.5 mi
- Devils Elbow: 16.6 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 21.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 21.7 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 18.5 mi
- Railroad Springs: 24.6 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Brown Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Hill | N 359° | 599 m | 11.0 mi |
| Seely Hill | NNE 24° | 582 m | 13.9 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SSW 207° | 573 m | 13.6 mi |
| Red Chalk Hill | NNW 346° | 569 m | 8.5 mi |
| Varney Hill | NNW 345° | 562 m | 10.6 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNE 25° | 561 m | 14.6 mi |
| Park Hill | N 7° | 559 m | 6.0 mi |
| Terry Hill | NNW 334° | 557 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
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 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elmira, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551012
Day trips start here
- Watkins Glen · 22 mi
- Ithaca · 24 mi
- Southern Tier · 27 mi
- Trumansburg · 30 mi
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