Fox Hill
Fox Hill rises to 196 m in New York. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the east-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ketcham Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
mountain in Dutchess County, New York, United States
Wikidata Q34822576, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 28 mi
- High Falls · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ketcham Park: 0.6 mi
- Kent Commons Park: 4.8 mi
- Kent Green: 4.9 mi
- Town of Dover: 7.0 mi
- Bucksbaum Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Nellie Hill: 1.6 mi
- Lossing Hill: 2.0 mi
- East Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Currie Hill: 3.1 mi
- North Preston Hill: 3.2 mi
- Currie Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Laurel Trails Council Girl Scouts (Camp Seeley): 4.5 mi
- Wildwoods Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Emery Park: 5.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 4.8 mi
- Jim Hulton: 10.2 mi
- Lime Kiln: 10.4 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 11.0 mi
- Folly: 11.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 4.9 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 10.1 mi
- Northrop House: 12.2 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 13.9 mi
- Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.0 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 11.0 mi
- New Preston Falls: 11.8 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 13.0 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 12.6 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 13.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 18.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.5 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 1.4 mi
- wings castle: 8.8 mi
- New Milford Tank: 14.1 mi
- Peter's Forge: 14.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 14.7 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 9.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 12.7 mi
- Personal Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 17.6 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Grand Staircase: 4.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 4.3 mi
- Kelly Slide: 12.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.5 mi
- Kaal Rock: 19.6 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 19.1 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 19.1 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 19.1 mi
- Winston Chruchill: 19.1 mi
- Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 19.1 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 11.7 mi
- Dicktown: 21.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 5.7 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Fox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Hill | ENE 56° | 473 m | 6.9 mi |
| Preston Hill | SE 137° | 442 m | 3.5 mi |
| North Preston Hill | SE 124° | 441 m | 3.2 mi |
| Skiff Mountain | ENE 63° | 431 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | E 91° | 428 m | 7.9 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | ESE 123° | 426 m | 3.8 mi |
| Cobble Mountain | ENE 58° | 426 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mauwee Peak | E 90° | 426 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 950567 — Fox Hill, Dutchess County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357560429
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 24 mi
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