Howard Hill
Howard Hill rises to 654 m in New York. Mount Skylight stands 1,495 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgehog Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34824289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 654 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 16.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 14.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 18.6 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 8 mi
- view · 14 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 19 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hedgehog Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Guideboard Hill: 2.6 mi
- Roosevelt Hill: 2.8 mi
- Spruce Hill: 3.3 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Wallface: 11.3 mi
- Fish Hawk Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Lost Lookout: 15.8 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 9.4 mi
- Millers Falls: 11.6 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 12.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 13.1 mi
- Indian Falls: 13.1 mi
- Courtney Park: 15.6 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
- Byron Park: 16.5 mi
- Bandstand Park: 17.9 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 17.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 5.8 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 5.8 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 11.1 mi
- Long Lake Boat Tours: 17.9 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 18.1 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 7.1 mi
- Pendleton: 7.6 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 11.7 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 8.0 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 14.4 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 16.7 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 17.7 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 18.8 mi
- Park beach: 17.9 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 20.0 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 20.4 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 21.6 mi
- Long Beach: 23.1 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 19.2 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 19.9 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 21.6 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 21.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 24.5 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 16.4 mi
- Rafting: 17.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 23.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.4 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
- Tahawus: 5.2 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Howard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Skylight | NE 37° | 1,495 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Redfield | NE 34° | 1,403 m | 9.9 mi |
| Santanoni Peak | NNW 335° | 1,401 m | 8.1 mi |
| Panther Peak | NNW 337° | 1,358 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Marshall | NNE 13° | 1,333 m | 10.8 mi |
| Allen Mountain | NE 43° | 1,312 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,201 m | 9.8 mi |
| McDonnel Mountain | NE 41° | 1,200 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:34 | 16:22 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357565598
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 28 mi
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