Castor Hill
Castor Hill rises to 452 m in New York. Gomer Hill stands 643 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Littlejohn State Game Management Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Revolutionary Trail passes 12 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Castor Hill is a 1,483-foot-tall (452 m) mountain in the Tug Hill region of New York. It is located east of Greenboro in Oswego County. In 1927, an 80-foot-tall (24 m) steel fire lookout tower was built on the mountain. Due to use of aerial detection the tower was closed at the end of the 1970 fire lookout season, and later removed in 1981.
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Wikidata Q34807851, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 452 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 15.3 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 20.3 mi off the Black River Trail
- 22.0 mi off the Olympic Trail
114 named places within 25 miles
- Adams Memorial Park: 14.3 mi
- Firemen's Park: 14.4 mi
- John Ben Snow Memorial Park: 15.0 mi
- North Park: 15.3 mi
- River Walk: 15.3 mi
- Littlejohn State Game Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Lot 50 Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 8.0 mi
- Lot 38 Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 8.3 mi
- Trout Brook State Forest: 8.4 mi
- Salmon River Falls Unique Area: 8.6 mi
- Coey Hill: 6.9 mi
- Wards Hill: 7.4 mi
- Shoecraft Hill: 8.1 mi
- Myers Hill: 8.4 mi
- Wheat Hill: 9.5 mi
- Syracuse Northern Railroad bridge: 15.6 mi
- Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 19.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 21.7 mi
- New York Central Roundhouse: 22.8 mi
- Deer River Station: 23.7 mi
- Salmon River Falls: 8.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.3 mi
- Lyons Fall: 24.3 mi
- Jefferson County Historical Society: 22.6 mi
- Sackets Harbor Historical Society: 24.7 mi
- Southwick Beach: 20.2 mi
- St Mary's Statue: 21.5 mi
- Adirondack River Outfitters: 22.8 mi
- Woodward Sidehill: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castor Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gomer Hill | E 90° | 643 m | 17.8 mi |
| Tug Hill | E 96° | 585 m | 19.1 mi |
| Wards Hill | ESE 108° | 562 m | 7.4 mi |
| Finn Hill | SE 143° | 427 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bowman Hill | SE 143° | 405 m | 20.8 mi |
| Coey Hill | SSW 199° | 373 m | 6.9 mi |
| Underwood Hill | N 2° | 348 m | 17.9 mi |
| Myers Hill | SW 230° | 340 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:05 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:43 | 16:30 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Highmarket 2W, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 946004 — Castor Hill, Oswego County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357552620
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