Hicks Hill
Hicks Hill rises to 299 m in New York. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilcox Memorial Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34922127, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 21 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 26 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 26 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stissing Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Coles Hill: 1.9 mi
- Little Stissing Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Mount Concert: 2.2 mi
- Briggs Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Wilcox Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area: 2.3 mi
- Stissing Lake Park: 2.6 mi
- Roeliff Jansenkill Multiple Use Area: 3.1 mi
- Stanford Skate Park: 6.5 mi
- FOSL: 1.6 mi
- Stissing Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- New Forge State Forest: 10.6 mi
- Riga Falls: 13.8 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cantine Dam Falls: 13.9 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 15.2 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 15.5 mi
- War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 3.8 mi
- Patriot Burials: 9.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Shell Midden: 12.0 mi
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Story Studio: 8.2 mi
- Center For Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art: 10.7 mi
- Trolley Museum of New York: 13.8 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 13.8 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 10.4 mi
- America: 10.5 mi
- Stargon: 10.6 mi
- Wishbone: 10.7 mi
- Diving Lady: 11.4 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 8.2 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 10.5 mi
- Bard Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Formal Gardens: 10.8 mi
- Ellipse: 10.8 mi
- West Beach: 8.6 mi
- East Beach: 8.7 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 11.9 mi
- South Landing: 12.0 mi
- West Landing: 12.0 mi
- Trap Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Indian Rock: 15.3 mi
- Bard Rock: 16.1 mi
- Ministers Face: 20.3 mi
- Grand Staircase: 20.4 mi
- wings castle: 8.8 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 13.9 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 14.8 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 15.2 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 16.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 13.1 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 17.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Hicks Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Frissell | ENE 64° | 747 m | 13.5 mi |
| Brace Mountain | ENE 65° | 706 m | 12.8 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | ENE 67° | 702 m | 12.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | ENE 65° | 695 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | ENE 76° | 588 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Riga | E 81° | 534 m | 13.0 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | E 82° | 518 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bird Peak | E 86° | 477 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rhinebeck 4SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952698 — Hicks Hill, Dutchess County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357564353
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 24 mi
- Monterey · 30 mi
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