Francis Hill
Francis Hill rises to 552 m in New York. Iron Mountain stands 736 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34869773, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 552 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.0 mi off the Black River Trail
- 23.9 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 25.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Hill: 1.6 mi
- Streeter Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Maple Hill: 2.1 mi
- Alder Bed Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Panther Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Diana Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.9 mi
- Pitcairn Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 13.2 mi
- Balsam Creek State Forest: 14.5 mi
- Toothaker Creek State Forest: 15.0 mi
- Bonner Lake State Forest: 15.4 mi
- High Falls: 7.1 mi
- Copper Rock Falls: 15.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 16.0 mi
- Flat Rock Falls: 16.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 17.6 mi
- Town of Diana Historical Soc: 14.5 mi
- American Maple Museum: 21.2 mi
- Lowville & Beaver River Railroad Depot & Railroad Museum: 21.2 mi
- Jayville: 8.6 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 11.1 mi
- Russell Vetrans Memeorial: 24.7 mi
- Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 24.9 mi
- Big Rock: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Francis Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | E 80° | 736 m | 16.5 mi |
| Rampart Mountain | ENE 77° | 733 m | 16.6 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | E 83° | 732 m | 13.9 mi |
| Summit Mountain | SE 130° | 719 m | 8.8 mi |
| Twitchell Mountain | SSE 153° | 717 m | 16.8 mi |
| East Mountain | ENE 67° | 712 m | 16.1 mi |
| Graves Mountain | E 83° | 705 m | 14.7 mi |
| Albany Mountain | SE 129° | 705 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 20:03 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:38 | 16:25 |
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 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanakena Rngr School, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357603396
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