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Butternut Hill

Butternut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Butternut Hill rises to 505 m in New York. Saddle Ball Mountain stands 985 m to the east, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Rock, a peak 1.6 miles away. Mount Greylock Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34807311, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
505 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.61480, -73.36622

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cherry Plain State Park: 2.2 mi
  • Blair Hiking Area: 6.6 mi
  • Pineridge Cross Country Trails: 7.0 mi
  • Margaret Lindley Park: 8.4 mi
  • Mount Hope Park: 9.0 mi
Museums: 59
Peaks
Historic sites: 57
Artworks: 49
Attractions: 32
  • Mountain Coaster: 5.6 mi
  • Sentinels: 8.5 mi
  • Grandfather Rock: 8.8 mi
  • concrete bases: 16.7 mi
  • balanced rock: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 26
Waterfalls: 25
  • Haley Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Hoags Corners Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 8.9 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Wynants Kill Falls: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 12.8 mi
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Butternut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle Ball MountainE985 m9.0 mi
Berlin MountainNE853 m6.7 mi
Mount ProspectENE816 m9.9 mi
Misery MountainE793 m2.5 mi
Beoadic MountainESE792 m5.2 mi
East MountainESE791 m5.0 mi
Mount RaimerNNE784 m8.2 mi
Stony LedgeENE783 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1719:5320:35
September equinox06:4118:1618:53
December solstice07:2115:3816:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534455665696861493930
Precip in2.52.03.13.13.74.44.14.54.24.33.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Adams Harriman AP, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551820

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