Dairy Hill
Dairy Hill rises to 562 m in New York. Morehouse Mountain stands 800 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Former Dairy Hill Firetower Site, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Dairy Hill is a 1,844-foot-tall (562 m) summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Norway in Herkimer County, southeast of Norway. The mountain is the former location of a 79-foot-6-inch-tall (24.23 m) steel fire lookout tower.
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Wikidata Q34810147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 562 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 10.5 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 15.8 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 23.3 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kuyahoora Valley Town Park: 8.2 mi
- Dolgeville Central School Recreation Fields: 8.4 mi
- Dolgeville Park: 8.8 mi
- Spofford Square: 9.0 mi
- Moreland Park: 10.2 mi
- Diamond Hill: 3.7 mi
- Barto Hill: 4.2 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 5.2 mi
- Hedgehog Mountain: 5.9 mi
- The Pinnacle: 6.5 mi
- Little Falls Canal Aqueduct: 10.6 mi
- Old Lock 38 Wall: 10.7 mi
- Old Lock 39 Wall: 10.7 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 36: 11.0 mi
- Nicholas Herkimer Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Former Dairy Hill Firetower Site: 0.9 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.9 mi
- Moss Island: 10.8 mi
- Plantation Island Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Forestport Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 18.7 mi
- Moss Island Climbing: 10.8 mi
- Rollaway: 10.9 mi
- Choss Factory: 17.6 mi
- McMartin: 19.4 mi
- Lost T: 19.5 mi
- Franklin Square Alley: 17.9 mi
- Utica Mural: 17.9 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 18.3 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 18.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty Replica: 19.1 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 5.9 mi
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 10.4 mi
- Childrens Museum: 17.5 mi
- Munson: 18.5 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 21.9 mi
- Utica Tower: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Dairy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse Mountain | NE 43° | 800 m | 17.0 mi |
| State Brook Mountain | ENE 73° | 773 m | 17.4 mi |
| Bethune Mountain | NNE 19° | 762 m | 16.9 mi |
| Big Alderbed Mountain | NE 49° | 758 m | 14.6 mi |
| Windfall Mountain | NE 48° | 751 m | 12.5 mi |
| Dead Horse Mountain | ENE 57° | 732 m | 12.3 mi |
| Feullard Mountain | NE 34° | 731 m | 14.5 mi |
| Dexter Mountain | NE 45° | 722 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:41 | 16:28 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls City Rsch, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357556096
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