Gifford Hill
Gifford Hill rises to 324 m in New York. Forty Mountain stands 553 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dopp Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Black River Trail passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Gifford Hill is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Western in Oneida County, south of Westernville.
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Wikidata Q34916296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Black River Trail
- 5.1 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 7.0 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- North Glenview Park: 4.7 mi
- Floyd Town Park: 4.8 mi
- Hollis Hewitt Park: 5.1 mi
- Lee Town Park: 5.3 mi
- Haselton-Wright Park: 5.5 mi
- Dopp Hill: 0.8 mi
- Tripp Pinnacle: 3.2 mi
- South Hill: 3.8 mi
- Pen Bonc Hill: 4.4 mi
- Boody Hill: 4.7 mi
- B-52 Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Fort Stanwix: 6.9 mi
- Baron Von Steuben Monument: 7.7 mi
- Oriskany Battlefield Monument: 7.7 mi
- Fort Bull: 8.0 mi
- South Hill State Forest: 2.5 mi
- Buck Hill State Forest: 6.6 mi
- Canada Creek State Forest: 8.0 mi
- Jackson Hill State Forest: 8.8 mi
- West Branch State Forest: 9.7 mi
- Engine House Number 2: 6.8 mi
- Rome Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Willett Center: 7.0 mi
- Rome Sports Hall of Fame & Museum: 8.0 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 9.5 mi
- Mother Mary: 8.0 mi
- Boonville Mural: 13.3 mi
- Boonville Oneida County Fair Wall: 13.4 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 14.3 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 14.3 mi
- Little Village Park Band Stand: 13.6 mi
- Utica Tower: 14.0 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 16.4 mi
- Pixley Falls: 8.0 mi
- Lyons Fall: 22.8 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 16.3 mi
- Root Glen: 16.7 mi
- Verona Beach: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Gifford Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Mountain | ENE 63° | 553 m | 20.8 mi |
| Penn Mountain | NE 41° | 551 m | 8.4 mi |
| Stone Dam Mountain | NE 47° | 549 m | 21.2 mi |
| Starr Hill | ENE 57° | 545 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bowen Hill | NE 41° | 538 m | 7.2 mi |
| Meyers Hill | NE 46° | 536 m | 18.8 mi |
| Oakes Hill | NE 39° | 514 m | 6.1 mi |
| Jackson Hill | N 5° | 512 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:02 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:43 | 16:29 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rome Griffiss Airfield, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357561366
Day trips start here
- Rome · 7 mi
- Utica · 15 mi
- Clinton · 17 mi
- Central New York · 29 mi
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