Cheese Hill
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.
The story
Mountain in Albany County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34808561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 26.5 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lock 7 Dam · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scott Patent Hill: 2.9 mi
- Garver Hill: 4.0 mi
- North Hill: 4.3 mi
- East Hill S: 4.4 mi
- Henry Hill: 4.5 mi
- 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
- Stone Store State Forest: 4.8 mi
- Bates State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Steenburg Mountain Unit: 6.9 mi
- Armlin Hill State Forest: 8.3 mi
- Restifo Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Secret Caverns: 17.9 mi
- 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
- Rip Van Winkle: 19.8 mi
- bridge pylons mural: 20.7 mi
- I ♥ NY: 21.3 mi
- Unity 1970: 24.6 mi
- Elm Ridge piped spring: 12.7 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 13.8 mi
- Devil's Acre spring: 22.2 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 4.1 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 14.5 mi
- Hunter Mountain North Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Notch Lake Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 23.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windham High Peak | SSE 163° | 1,077 m | 12.4 mi |
| Huntersfield Mountain | SW 217° | 1,043 m | 11.3 mi |
| Richmond Mountain | SSW 200° | 980 m | 8.7 mi |
| Burnt Knob | SSE 159° | 972 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cave Mountain | S 187° | 947 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ashland Pinnacle | SSW 209° | 933 m | 10.2 mi |
| Richtmyer Peak | SSW 198° | 910 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Hayden | S 182° | 893 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:56 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lansing Manor, 13 mi away.
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
Day trips start here
- Albany · 26 mi
- Schenectady · 26 mi
- Rensselaer · 27 mi
- Kinderhook · 28 mi
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