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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: 25
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 15
Artworks: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • Deckertown Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Shequaga Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 24.1 mi
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
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 3
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 HillSW 234°715 m14.4 mi
Buck MountainSW 230°638 m12.4 mi
Gobblers KnobWSW 254°592 m13.4 mi
Saxtons KnobSSW 213°576 m10.7 mi
Thompson HillS 177°573 m6.5 mi
Baker HillSSW 206°572 m6.6 mi
Rowley HillSSW 205°570 m7.9 mi
Norway HillWSW 250°570 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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