Hogback
Hogback rises to 389 m in New York. Woodchuck Hill stands 817 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Iorio Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Hogback is a mountain in Schoharie County, New York. It is located northeast of Cobleskill. Barrack Zourie is located northwest and Mount Shank is located southwest of Hogback.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q34823963, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 389 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 13.3 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 17.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 27.4 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Iorio Park: 1.6 mi
- Crittenden Athletic Fields: 2.9 mi
- Central Bridge Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Richmondville Firemans Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Fox Creek Park: 8.4 mi
- Barrack Zourie: 1.8 mi
- Mount Shank: 2.3 mi
- Donats Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Warnerville Hill: 4.3 mi
- Petersburg Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Settles Mountain Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Petersburg State Forest: 5.7 mi
- Vroman's Nose Unique Area: 9.6 mi
- Rural Grove State Forest: 10.7 mi
- Yatesville Falls State Forest: 11.5 mi
- Richmondville Service Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- Grave of Henry Seeber: 15.9 mi
- Cherry Valley Massacre Monument: 16.0 mi
- Wiggins Family Homestead Foundation: 17.0 mi
- Iroquois Indian Museum: 3.1 mi
- Schoharie Valley Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
- Old Stone Fort Museum: 8.5 mi
- 1743 Palatine House: 8.5 mi
- Sharon Historical Society Museum: 9.9 mi
- Boucks Falls: 11.7 mi
- Canajoharie Falls: 13.8 mi
- Judds Falls: 15.9 mi
- Creamery Falls: 16.4 mi
- Bozen KIll Falls: 18.0 mi
- Vromans Nose: 9.9 mi
- The Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Big Nose: 13.3 mi
- Mahican Wall: 22.8 mi
- Cave Wall: 22.8 mi
- Poseidon statue: 14.9 mi
- Mother and Child at the Mohawk River: 20.9 mi
- Waterfall Gate: 20.9 mi
- Mother Mosaic: 21.0 mi
- DreamRiver: 21.0 mi
- Howe Caverns: 3.4 mi
- Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park: 3.4 mi
- Secret Caverns: 3.7 mi
- Old Blenheim Covered Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Caughnawaga Indian Village Site: 17.5 mi
- East Worcester Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 14.6 mi
- I-90 Westbound Parking/Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- I-90 Eastbound Parking/Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Landis Arboretum: 11.2 mi
- Perrella Sculpture Garden: 20.9 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 24.3 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 20.6 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 21.8 mi
- Schoharie Crossing Launch: 18.4 mi
- Hyde Hall Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Hogback. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodchuck Hill | SSW 203° | 817 m | 18.3 mi |
| Leonard Hill | SSE 162° | 794 m | 18.6 mi |
| The Cobble | SSW 211° | 710 m | 9.5 mi |
| Petersburg Mountain | S 171° | 708 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 249° | 698 m | 10.4 mi |
| Safford Hill | SSE 165° | 685 m | 16.8 mi |
| Algerine Hill | WSW 249° | 684 m | 10.9 mi |
| Stone Quarry Hill | WSW 246° | 669 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:57 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cobleskill 2 ESE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 952951 — Hogback, Schoharie County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357564826
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- Schenectady · 28 mi
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