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Castle Hill

Castle Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Castle Hill rises to 294 m in New York. High Point stands 551 m to the southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenville Town Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 7.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34807835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
294 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.38436, -74.53749

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Greenville Town Park: 1.5 mi
  • Shannen Park: 3.4 mi
  • Minisink Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Hansen Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Middletown Reservoir Trails: 5.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Lead Smelter: 4.3 mi
  • Wallkill Mine Adit: 4.5 mi
  • Wallkill Mine Adit: 4.6 mi
  • Empire Mine Collapsed Adit: 5.7 mi
  • Washington Mine Adit: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 42
Artworks: 41
  • Wine and Design Warwick: 13.0 mi
  • Buffalo Statue: 14.5 mi
  • Power Teach: 18.2 mi
  • Glass Tentacles: 20.8 mi
  • Eagles: 23.6 mi
Attractions: 39
Beaches: 36
  • Stone Beach: 3.7 mi
  • High Point Beach: 8.2 mi
  • West End Beach: 8.7 mi
  • LakemPanoranma Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Lake Wallkill Beach: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 29
  • The Meditation Garden: 6.4 mi
  • New York City: 11.7 mi
  • East Coast: 11.7 mi
  • Midtown: 11.7 mi
  • The Bronx: 11.7 mi
Museums: 21
Waterfalls: 20
  • High Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Mullet Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Denton Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Fish Cabin Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Katrina Falls: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • steep bluff: 6.9 mi
  • The Cliff: 16.0 mi
  • Rock Pillar: 19.7 mi
  • Sams Point: 21.8 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 5.3 mi
  • Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 5.4 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Pike Welcome Center: 9.2 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 14.1 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Castle Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSW 236°551 m7.8 mi
Sunrise MountainSW 220°500 m14.9 mi
Taylor MountainSE 142°454 m15.4 mi
Wawayanda MountainSSE 162°448 m13.6 mi
Granite PeakS 174°445 m14.5 mi
South PeakS 177°440 m15.2 mi
Hamburg MountainS 179°433 m16.3 mi
Mount HopeN 8°428 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:2619:5420:36
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:2215:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836495967727163524131

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sussex 8 NNW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945991 — Castle Hill, Orange County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357552604

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