Bull Hill
Bull Hill rises to 553 m in New York. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Doll Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tompkins County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34806814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 553 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 11 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newfield Community Park: 2.0 mi
- Connecticut Hill State Game Management Area: 3.7 mi
- hillview park: 7.7 mi
- Negundo Woods: 8.6 mi
- Jim Butterfield Stadium: 9.0 mi
- Doll Hill: 1.6 mi
- Benjamin Hill: 1.8 mi
- Protts Hill: 2.9 mi
- Barnes Hill: 3.0 mi
- Rowell Hill: 3.1 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 4.4 mi
- Bock-Harvey Forest Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Stevenson Forest Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Martin Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls State Park: 7.8 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 6.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 8.2 mi
- Potter's Falls: 10.5 mi
- Deckertown Falls: 10.6 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 11.1 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 16.0 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 16.4 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 17.9 mi
- DL&W Station Platforms: 18.1 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 10.1 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 10.3 mi
- Sciencenter: 10.6 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 10.8 mi
- Schuyler County Historical Society: 11.4 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 10.7 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 11.2 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 11.5 mi
- Incodema: 11.6 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 11.6 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 10.1 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 11.0 mi
- Farrand Garden: 11.2 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 11.2 mi
- Minn's Garden: 11.3 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 10.0 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 18.4 mi
- Mark Twain: 18.5 mi
- Labrador Duck: 18.7 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 18.8 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 7.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.1 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 13.5 mi
- Devils Elbow: 22.7 mi
- Castle Point: 23.0 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 7.3 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 10.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Bull Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | NNW 332° | 638 m | 4.9 mi |
| Irish Hill | SSW 205° | 599 m | 3.9 mi |
| Doll Hill | NW 319° | 596 m | 1.6 mi |
| Buck Hill | NNW 331° | 594 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rogers Hill | WNW 301° | 586 m | 8.0 mi |
| Seely Hill | ESE 115° | 582 m | 4.5 mi |
| Barnes Hill | SSE 148° | 571 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 84° | 570 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mecklenburg 4SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357595927
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 10 mi
- Watkins Glen · 13 mi
- Trumansburg · 15 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 22 mi
- Southern Tier · 29 mi
- Cortland · 30 mi
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