Peak · New York
Forest Hill
Forest Hill rises to 531 m in New York. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is East Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34822252, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 531 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.07924, -77.00108
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Dick's Cabin: 3.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Fall Brook Park: 4.9 mi
- Big Flats Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Buechner Park: 5.1 mi
Peaks
- East Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cleveland Hill: 2.9 mi
- Martin Hill: 3.3 mi
- Steege Hill: 3.4 mi
- Dutch Hill: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- Steege Hill Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Plymouth Woods Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Spencer Crest Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Tanglewood Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Erwin Hollow State Forest: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 17
- Preemption Line: 3.8 mi
- Painted Post Monument: 7.2 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 7.7 mi
- Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 8.3 mi
- IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 8.5 mi
Museums: 11
- The Rockwell Museum: 5.1 mi
- Kids Rockewell Art Lab: 5.2 mi
- National Soaring Museum: 5.9 mi
- Big Flats Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 10
- Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- Artemus: 5.1 mi
- The Critic: 5.4 mi
- Glass Blower: 5.4 mi
- Mark Twain: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Shequaga Falls: 19.9 mi
- Aunt Sarah's Falls: 20.2 mi
- Deckertown Falls: 20.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 21.2 mi
- Central Cascade: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 5
- Little Joe Tower: 5.4 mi
- Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 5.9 mi
- Larry the Elk: 13.9 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 22.1 mi
- Mistletoe Farm: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Glen Cathedral: 21.3 mi
- Mossy Bank: 23.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Railroad Springs: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Forest Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | S 182° | 715 m | 11.7 mi |
| Big Hill | SSW 198° | 657 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | SSW 211° | 646 m | 17.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | S 172° | 638 m | 11.3 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SSW 194° | 592 m | 7.1 mi |
| Quackenbush Hill | N 8° | 580 m | 7.6 mi |
| Saxtons Knob | SSE 157° | 576 m | 13.3 mi |
| Townley Hill | NNE 15° | 574 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corning, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 950395 — Forest Hill, Steuben County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357560118
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