Gifford Hill
Gifford Hill rises to 576 m in New York. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Withey Parcel, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
Spafford is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,588. The town was named after Horatio Gates Spafford, a writer and founder of the local library. Spafford is in the southwestern corner of Onondaga County and is southwest of Syracuse.
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Wikidata Q16909959, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 576 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 22.3 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 26 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cornerstone Park: 4.9 mi
- Cummings Park: 5.2 mi
- Otisco Town Park: 6.1 mi
- Brown Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Bailey Park: 8.4 mi
- Preble Hill: 0.9 mi
- Ripley Hill: 2.1 mi
- Vesper Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mount Toppin: 4.5 mi
- The Pinnacle: 4.9 mi
- Withey Parcel: 0.1 mi
- Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area: 1.4 mi
- Ripley Hill Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- High Vista Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Tracy Lake: 3.2 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 12.4 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 15.4 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 15.8 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 15.8 mi
- Skytop Fire Memorial: 17.1 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 12.0 mi
- 1890 House: 12.6 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 14.7 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 16.0 mi
- Steadman House: 16.0 mi
- Fellows Falls: 3.5 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 7.4 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 7.5 mi
- Tinker Falls: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Goat: 17.3 mi
- Job: 18.3 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 18.3 mi
- Saltine Warrior: 18.3 mi
- Ernie Davis: 18.3 mi
- Leonard Property: 6.0 mi
- South Side Garden: 17.4 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 18.4 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 18.5 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Old Dam: 14.3 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 18.6 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 18.7 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 20.4 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 15.3 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 20.2 mi
- Willow Bay: 23.5 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 14.9 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 16.0 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 22.8 mi
- Preble: 5.2 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Gifford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | E 87° | 618 m | 10.6 mi |
| Randall Hill | ESE 112° | 617 m | 16.4 mi |
| Truxton Hill | ESE 102° | 616 m | 6.7 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSE 167° | 616 m | 17.7 mi |
| Fellows Hill | ENE 76° | 611 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hunt Hill | E 89° | 611 m | 18.4 mi |
| Labrador Hill | E 90° | 606 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bull Hill | ESE 115° | 605 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357561359
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 12 mi
- Skaneateles · 16 mi
- Syracuse · 19 mi
- Auburn · 21 mi
- Cazenovia · 21 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 25 mi
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