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Holmes Hill

Holmes Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Holmes Hill rises to 55 m in New York. Grass Mountain stands 941 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Victory Mills Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34824150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
55 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.04258, -73.59428

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Park: 3.0 mi
  • Manor Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Saratoga National Historical Park: 4.0 mi
  • Fort Hardy Park: 4.1 mi
  • Fort Hardy Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 46
Attractions: 36
  • Schuylerville Corn Maize: 4.5 mi
  • Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 4.9 mi
  • Yaddo Gardens: 8.4 mi
  • Whitney Viewing Stand: 9.0 mi
  • Saratoga Race Course: Backstretch tour: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 27
Waterfalls: 26
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Saratoga Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Devils Armchair: 9.8 mi
  • Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Standard Time: 10.1 mi
  • For Euler: 15.7 mi
  • The Owl: 18.0 mi
Springs: 14
  • Old Red Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Hathorn Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Deer Park Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Congress Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Columbian Spring: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Brown's Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Holmes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grass MountainE 88°941 m18.7 mi
Spruce PeakE 89°919 m19.4 mi
The BallE 86°837 m20.1 mi
West MountainE 95°732 m19.0 mi
Big Spruce MountainE 82°713 m18.7 mi
Swearing HillENE 70°635 m19.9 mi
Spruce MountainNW 308°612 m19.8 mi
Hedgehog MountainNW 311°601 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1619:5520:38
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2315:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432465766706861503829
Precip in2.72.43.23.43.64.54.54.23.93.93.33.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buskirk, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 953015 — Holmes Hill, Saratoga County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357564932

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