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Brush Hill

Brush Hill, a peak in New York
Brush Hill, a peak in New YorkNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Brush Hill, a peak in New York
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Brush Hill, a peak in New York
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Brush Hill rises to 313 m in New York. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tom Stein, a peak 1.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in New York, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34806398, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
313 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.71954, -73.65596

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites: 48
  • Charcoal Hearth: 7.4 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 12.0 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 12.1 mi
  • World War Memorial Park: 12.7 mi
  • Dudley Memorial Plaza: 13.4 mi
Museums: 43
Gardens: 20
Beaches: 20
Attractions: 17
  • Dover Stone Church: 3.7 mi
  • wings castle: 8.5 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 16.0 mi
  • New Milford Tank: 16.0 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 14.3 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 14.5 mi
  • Dutchess County Map: 14.6 mi
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 14.7 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Kent Falls: 13.1 mi
  • LG waterfall: 14.8 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Brush Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Preston HillE442 m7.2 mi
North Preston HillE441 m7.4 mi
Clove MountainSW426 m2.9 mi
Chapel Pond HillE426 m7.9 mi
Cobble MountainENE426 m8.9 mi
Dennis HillSSE416 m4.7 mi
Pond MountainENE406 m9.5 mi
Observatory HillSSE405 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944975 — Brush Hill, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357551107

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