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Harkness Hill

Harkness Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Harkness Hill rises to 356 m in New York. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lazarus Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34874056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
356 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.76757, -77.24053

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Deep Run Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Ontario Beach Park: 4.7 mi
  • West Lake School House and Beach: 6.1 mi
  • 4-H Camp Bristol Hills: 7.4 mi
  • Lakefront Park: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Bristol Mountain: 8.4 mi
  • Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
  • Original Stafford Schoolhouse: 16.8 mi
  • Roswell Murray home site: 17.2 mi
  • Rockwell Family Home Site: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 10
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Reynolds Gully Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Honeoye Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Silver Thread Falls: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 7.5 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 7.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Harkness Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillWSW 249°696 m11.0 mi
Gannett HillWSW 241°690 m9.7 mi
Cleveland HillSW 236°671 m11.3 mi
Canadice HillWSW 247°671 m15.4 mi
Worden HillWSW 255°666 m9.7 mi
High Point HillSW 231°659 m13.3 mi
Quail HillWSW 255°654 m11.4 mi
West HillSSW 199°647 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3220:0820:51
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3715:5316:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252734455867727064524131
Precip in1.91.82.63.23.13.64.13.33.13.52.62.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canandaigua 3 S, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357563566

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