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Higman Hill

Higman Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Higman Hill rises to 524 m in New York. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinney Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34922390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
524 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.14091, -77.08525

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McKinney Park: 0.8 mi
  • William St. Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hillvue Park: 1.2 mi
  • Village Square Park: 1.2 mi
  • Painted Post Central Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 16
  • Painted Post Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 2.3 mi
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 2.4 mi
  • Preemption Line: 6.2 mi
  • Soaring Capital of America: 10.1 mi
Museums: 12
Artworks: 10
  • The Critic: 1.4 mi
  • Glass Blower: 1.4 mi
  • Artemus: 1.7 mi
  • Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Metal Abstract: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Shequaga Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Deckertown Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Central Cascade: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Higman Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillSSE715 m16.4 mi
Buck MountainSSE638 m16.6 mi
Gobblers KnobSSE592 m11.5 mi
Quackenbush HillENE580 m6.2 mi
Mount WashingtonNNW577 m17.4 mi
Townley HillNE574 m9.2 mi
Irish HillNNW574 m13.7 mi
Buck HillS572 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3320:0620:49
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:3415:5516:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435563676658473627
Precip in2.31.93.03.43.14.23.73.94.23.62.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corning, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 970210 — Higman Hill, Steuben County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357596170

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