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Comfort Hill

Comfort Hill, a peak in New York
Comfort Hill, a peak in New YorkNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Comfort Hill, a peak in New York
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Comfort Hill, a peak in New York
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Comfort Hill, a peak in New York
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Comfort Hill rises to 537 m in New York. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Chemung County's First Traffic Fatality Memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34809351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
537 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.03174, -76.78357
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Elmer Goodwin Park: 2.4 mi
  • Chapel Park: 2.9 mi
  • Cypress Street Park: 3.0 mi
  • Toll Bridge Park: 3.2 mi
  • Gaines Street Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 15
Nature reserves: 15
Artworks: 9
Attractions: 5
  • Little Joe Tower: 16.1 mi
  • Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 16.6 mi
  • Larry the Elk: 19.8 mi
  • Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
  • Seneca Lake Pier House: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Deckertown Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Shequaga Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Central Cascade: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Round Top Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Railroad Springs: 17.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Comfort Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillSW715 m14.4 mi
Buck MountainSW638 m12.4 mi
Gobblers KnobWSW592 m13.4 mi
Saxtons KnobSSW576 m10.7 mi
Thompson HillS573 m6.5 mi
Baker HillSSW572 m6.6 mi
Rowley HillSSW570 m7.9 mi
Norway HillWSW570 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3220:0520:47
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:3315:5416:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634465867717062503931
Precip in2.11.92.73.33.14.24.13.84.13.52.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elmira, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357554880

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