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Cookingham Hill

Cookingham Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cookingham Hill rises to 173 m in New York. Hilltop stands 862 m to the southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Leroy Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34809486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
173 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.86370, -73.87041

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Crum Elbow Creek Waterway Access: 2.7 mi
  • Mills Memorial State Park: 3.1 mi
  • Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Esopus Meadows Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Lighthouse Park: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 50
  • Coward's Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Glenerie Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 37
Museums: 33
Gardens: 23
  • Vanderbilt Gardens: 6.1 mi
  • Rondout Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • The Wild Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 7.3 mi
  • Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 7.4 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 7.4 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 8.7 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Esopus Meadows Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Flint Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Walnut Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Private Beach: 4.6 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 5.3 mi
  • Hudson River Cruises: 6.9 mi
  • wings castle: 9.9 mi
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 13.5 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 13.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Bear Wallow: 21.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 21.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Cookingham Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopSW 220°862 m8.2 mi
Stissing MountainNE 55°425 m11.2 mi
Tower HillESE 111°403 m13.1 mi
Guyot HillWSW 248°383 m14.2 mi
Bonticou CragWSW 248°350 m13.7 mi
Illinois MountainSSW 213°343 m11.8 mi
Marlboro MountainSSW 210°340 m14.7 mi
Little Stissing MountainNE 51°321 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2119:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2115:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465866717062503930
Precip in4.13.14.13.93.84.14.64.94.35.33.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 947354 — Cookingham Hill, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357555113

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