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Cheese Hill

Cheese Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cheese Hill rises to 610 m in New York. Windham High Peak stands 1,077 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Patent Hill, a peak 2.9 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Albany County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34808561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
610 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.48619, -74.21403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Westerlo Veterans Memorial Town Park: 8.9 mi
  • Long Path Park: 10.0 mi
  • Berne Town Park: 10.1 mi
  • Fox Creek Park: 10.5 mi
  • Irish Cultural Center: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Huyck Felt Mill Ruins: 4.2 mi
  • Hamlet of Rensselaerville: 4.4 mi
  • Baptist Church: 4.4 mi
  • Susquehanna Turnpike: 6.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Rensselaerville Upper Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Rensselaerville Middle Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Rensselaerville Lower Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Boucks Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Dickinson Falls: 12.2 mi
Museums: 23
  • Rensselaerville Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • Durham Center Museum: 8.0 mi
  • The Dr. Best House & Medical Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Berne Museum: 10.4 mi
  • New York Power Authority Blenheim-Gilboa Visitors Center: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • The Cliff: 9.8 mi
  • Vromans Nose: 10.1 mi
  • Helderberg Escarpment: 15.6 mi
  • Leaning Tower: 15.6 mi
  • Fern Garden: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
  • Pratt Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park: 16.5 mi
  • Howe Caverns: 17.3 mi
  • Howe Caverns: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Veterans Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Water Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Landis Arboretum: 20.7 mi
  • Pine Hollow Arboretum: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 4
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Cheese Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Windham High PeakSSE 163°1,077 m12.4 mi
Huntersfield MountainSW 217°1,043 m11.3 mi
Richmond MountainSSW 200°980 m8.7 mi
Burnt KnobSSE 159°972 m13.6 mi
Cave MountainS 187°947 m13.9 mi
Ashland PinnacleSSW 209°933 m10.2 mi
Richtmyer PeakSSW 198°910 m8.0 mi
Mount HaydenS 182°893 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2019:5620:38
September equinox06:4518:1918:56
December solstice07:2415:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222431435564696760483829
Precip in2.82.43.33.83.64.74.84.44.14.43.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 946468 — Cheese Hill, Albany County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357553503

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