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Fort Defiance Hill

Fort Defiance Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Fort Defiance Hill rises to 304 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Denning Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34822330, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
304 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.37732, -73.90291

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Garrison School Forest: 0.8 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.0 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.2 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 1.3 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 2.6 mi
  • South Dock Park: 2.7 mi
  • Kosciuszko’s Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Trophy Point: 3.1 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Boscobel Gardens: 3.1 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Garden: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 57
  • Hell Hole: 6.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 6.6 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 14.5 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 15.0 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 18.5 mi
Museums: 42
Attractions: 35
Beaches: 13
Picnic sites: 5
  • Princess circle picnic site: 15.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 18.6 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 19.4 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • LG waterfall: 20.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Farms Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Fort Defiance Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainNNW 343°491 m7.5 mi
Spy RockW 279°441 m6.2 mi
Bull HillNNW 327°433 m5.0 mi
Crows NestWNW 298°429 m4.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 283°429 m5.5 mi
Black RockWNW 289°424 m6.5 mi
Mount RascalW 271°424 m7.7 mi
Butter HillNW 304°420 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357596113

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