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Brown Hill

Brown Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.11341, -76.65412

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 31
  • Newtown Battlefield Monument: 6.2 mi
  • NEWTOWN: 6.4 mi
  • DL&W Station Platforms: 7.8 mi
  • DL&W RR Passenger Station foundation: 7.8 mi
  • Elmira Police Memorial: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Museums: 19
Waterfalls: 14
  • 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
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 7
Attractions: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 2
  • Tamarack Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Railroad Springs: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Round Top Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Irish HillN 359°599 m11.0 mi
Seely HillNNE 24°582 m13.9 mi
Thompson HillSSW 207°573 m13.6 mi
Barnes HillNNE 15°571 m12.4 mi
Red Chalk HillNNW 346°569 m8.5 mi
Varney HillNNW 345°562 m10.6 mi
Beech HillNNE 25°561 m14.6 mi
Park HillN 7°559 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3220:0420:47
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:3215:5316:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634465867717062503931
Precip in2.11.92.73.33.14.24.13.84.13.52.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elmira, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551012

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