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Burnside Hill

Burnside Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Burnside Hill rises to 623 m in New York. Starkweather Hill stands 776 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Arctic China State Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in Delaware County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34807034, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
623 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16897, -75.37907

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 43
  • Oquaga Creek State Park: 2.7 mi
  • Warner Field: 7.1 mi
  • Willis Smith Riverside Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
  • Firemen's Park: 8.1 mi
  • Kamp's Mohawk Field: 8.3 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Home of Squire Zachariah Tarble: 8.2 mi
  • Site of the Prophet Trial: 8.6 mi
  • Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 10.9 mi
  • Colesville Branch: 11.6 mi
  • Golf Driving Range: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 20.0 mi
  • Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood: 20.1 mi
  • All Veterans Memorial: 22.8 mi
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 23.4 mi
Museums: 4
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Bainbridge Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 15.5 mi
  • Chenango School House Museums: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 14.5 mi
  • I Love NY Sculpture: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spencer Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Jensen Cascade: 23.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Burnside Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Starkweather HillE 99°776 m17.0 mi
Houck MountainESE 108°748 m12.6 mi
Bear Spring MountainE 97°746 m13.3 mi
Fork MountainESE 106°741 m16.5 mi
South MountainE 100°740 m12.3 mi
Rock Rift MountainESE 122°730 m12.5 mi
Crane HillESE 102°708 m9.9 mi
Tower MountainESE 118°707 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2619:5920:42
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2815:4816:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475866716962513930
Precip in3.12.53.64.04.44.24.54.24.74.33.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deposit, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551611

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