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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: 19
  • 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: 7
  • Shequaga Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Deckertown Falls: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Higman Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillSSE 167°715 m16.4 mi
Buck MountainSSE 159°638 m16.6 mi
Gobblers KnobSSE 167°592 m11.5 mi
Quackenbush HillENE 59°580 m6.2 mi
Martin HillNE 51°579 m10.2 mi
Townley HillNE 50°574 m9.2 mi
Irish HillNNW 329°574 m13.7 mi
Buck HillS 176°572 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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