Hicks Hill
Hicks Hill rises to 523 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the south-southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Carr Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34922114, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 523 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 18.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 23 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yaman Park: 2.8 mi
- Dexter Park: 3.0 mi
- Grange Museum: 3.3 mi
- Courthouse Park: 3.7 mi
- George Vernum Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Carr Hill: 2.0 mi
- Case Hill: 2.1 mi
- South Hill: 2.7 mi
- Underwood Hill: 3.7 mi
- East Hill: 4.2 mi
- Donahue Woods State Forest: 5.3 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 8.2 mi
- Dog Hollow State Forest: 8.3 mi
- Maxon Creek State Forest: 10.6 mi
- Grout Brook Fishing Access: 11.1 mi
- Spicer Falls: 11.4 mi
- Tinker Falls: 12.6 mi
- Chippewa Falls: 13.0 mi
- Fellows Falls: 14.6 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 16.3 mi
- Leonard Property: 12.1 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 14.4 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 19.7 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 21.5 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 7.2 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 17.0 mi
- Old Dam: 17.7 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 19.5 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 20.5 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 3.3 mi
- 1890 House: 4.0 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 18.0 mi
- Field School House: 20.9 mi
- Sciencenter: 23.1 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 4.3 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 14.8 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 20.8 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 22.3 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 22.3 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Preble: 7.7 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 23.4 mi
- Stacks: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Hicks Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SSW 193° | 643 m | 8.1 mi |
| Greek Peak | SSW 197° | 637 m | 8.0 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NNE 25° | 618 m | 13.5 mi |
| Randall Hill | ENE 62° | 617 m | 11.5 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSW 191° | 616 m | 5.6 mi |
| Truxton Hill | N 9° | 616 m | 10.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SW 220° | 612 m | 14.6 mi |
| Fellows Hill | NNE 17° | 611 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952699 — Hicks Hill, Cortland County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357564356
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 4 mi
- Ithaca · 23 mi
- Cazenovia · 26 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 28 mi
- Skaneateles · 29 mi
- Trumansburg · 29 mi
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