Hammond Hill
Hammond Hill rises to 598 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Star Stanton Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34823185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 598 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 14.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 11 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Star Stanton Hill: 0.9 mi
- Beam Hill: 1.8 mi
- Yellow Barn Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 4.9 mi
- Snyder Hill: 5.4 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 2.2 mi
- Time Square: 3.9 mi
- Montgomery Park: 4.0 mi
- Etna Community Park: 6.0 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 6.2 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 2.1 mi
- Polson Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Durland Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Incodema: 6.9 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 8.9 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 12.7 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 13.9 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 14.8 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 6.2 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.5 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.6 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 8.6 mi
- Potter's Falls: 8.6 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 9.5 mi
- Rocky Falls: 9.8 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 9.8 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 10.1 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 10.3 mi
- Sciencenter: 10.7 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 12.5 mi
- 1890 House: 12.6 mi
- Field School House: 12.8 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 6.9 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 9.7 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 9.8 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 12.6 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 12.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 11.4 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 14.4 mi
- Devils Elbow: 24.8 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Preble: 20.9 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 10.3 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 10.7 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 12.5 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Hammond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ENE 63° | 643 m | 8.9 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | W 260° | 638 m | 19.4 mi |
| Greek Peak | ENE 60° | 637 m | 8.5 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 57° | 635 m | 8.5 mi |
| Tuller Hill | NE 53° | 616 m | 10.7 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | NNE 27° | 612 m | 0.9 mi |
| Doll Hill | WSW 251° | 596 m | 19.0 mi |
| Beam Hill | NNW 347° | 594 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952125 — Hammond Hill, Tompkins County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357563396
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 10 mi
- Cortland · 13 mi
- Trumansburg · 20 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 23 mi
- Watkins Glen · 30 mi
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