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Hitchcock Hill

Hitchcock Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Hitchcock Hill rises to 292 m in New York. Bald Hill stands 456 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Pond Unit, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34922512, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
292 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.41232, -73.74180

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sycamore Park: 0.6 mi
  • Crane Road: 0.9 mi
  • Lake Casse Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mahopac Chamber of Commerce Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 3.4 mi
  • Old Bet Elephant Statue: 6.5 mi
  • chimney: 7.6 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 8.3 mi
  • Quarry: 9.4 mi
Artworks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 42
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 10.2 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 10.3 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 10.4 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 13.7 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 14.7 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 15.2 mi
  • Bedford Village Historic District: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Mahopac Hills Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Canopus Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Hitchcock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillNW 304°456 m11.0 mi
Mount EgbertNNE 14°405 m10.8 mi
Nimham MountNNE 14°388 m3.5 mi
Round MountainNW 318°380 m8.2 mi
Hosner MountainN 350°366 m8.1 mi
California HillNW 314°359 m2.5 mi
Big Buck MountainNNE 13°340 m5.8 mi
Money Ledge HillN 6°338 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357564719

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