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Cornwall Hill

Cornwall Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cornwall Hill rises to 249 m in New York. Mount Egbert stands 405 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Watchtower Educational Center, a attraction 1.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34809663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
249 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48343, -73.59596

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Ryan's Field: 3.9 mi
  • Hill and Dale Community Park: 4.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley Nature Center: 5.2 mi
  • CornerStone Park: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 6.0 mi
  • Lois Batchelder: 9.7 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 10.4 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 10.4 mi
Artworks
  • greek letter pi: 8.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 10.2 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 12.2 mi
  • Annunaki: 15.9 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 18.0 mi
Museums: 54
Gardens: 41
  • Personal Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 10.4 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.4 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.7 mi
  • Garden: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 19
Waterfalls: 19
  • Upper Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Cascades: 15.1 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 14
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Cornwall Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EgbertNW 318°405 m7.5 mi
Observatory HillNNE 21°405 m7.8 mi
Depot HillNNW 327°398 m7.6 mi
Nimham MountWSW 257°388 m6.9 mi
Birch HillNE 37°386 m3.3 mi
Cranberry MountainNE 51°376 m2.2 mi
West MountainN 351°373 m8.9 mi
Branch HillNNE 29°370 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 947483 — Cornwall Hill, Putnam County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357555324

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