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California Hill

California Hill, seen from above at true elevation

California Hill rises to 359 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34807383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
359 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.43732, -73.77624

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sycamore Park: 3.0 mi
  • Crane Road: 3.0 mi
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 3.4 mi
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 3.8 mi
  • Lake Casse Beach: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 5.1 mi
  • chimney: 6.2 mi
  • Connecticut Line: 8.5 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 8.9 mi
  • The Mt. Beacon Eight: 8.9 mi
Artworks
Museums: 52
Gardens: 44
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.9 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • Garden: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Canopus Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.1 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 14.6 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 15.0 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 15.8 mi
  • Bedford Village Historic District: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 15.3 mi
  • LG waterfall: 18.2 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of California Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainWNW 289°491 m9.2 mi
North Beacon MountainWNW 292°465 m9.4 mi
Bald HillWNW 301°456 m8.5 mi
Lambs HillWNW 297°454 m8.8 mi
Bull HillW 270°433 m9.3 mi
Mount EgbertNNE 26°405 m9.8 mi
Nimham MountENE 58°388 m3.1 mi
Breakneck RidgeW 279°384 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945461 — California Hill, Putnam County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357551895

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