Iron Hill
Iron Hill rises to 100 m in Delaware. Harmony Hill stands 146 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Hill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Mason and Dixon Byway passes 4.4 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Iron Hill is a prominent geographical feature in the vicinity of Newark, Delaware, in the United States. With a topographic prominence of 200 feet (61 m), it is the most prominent hill in Delaware. However, its peak elevation of 328 feet (100 m) means that it is not the state's highest point, which is located in the Piedmont plateau region near Centreville where a peak elevation of 448 feet (137 m) is attained at Ebright Azimuth. The hill is named for its iron deposits, which were mined over a 200-year period during the 18th and 19th centuries. It is part of a New Castle County park known as Iron Hill Park.
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Wikidata Q6072585, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 100 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Mason and Dixon Byway
- 8.2 mi off the Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Hill Park: 0.2 mi
- Iron Hill Park: 0.3 mi
- Folk Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Rittenhouse Park: 1.3 mi
- Southgate Garden Apartment Playground: 1.5 mi
- Iron Hill Museum: 0.6 mi
- Mason Dixon Line Marker Arc Stone 2: 2.5 mi
- Mason Dixon Line Marker Arc Stone 3: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Hall: 2.5 mi
- Squire Hall: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill Ironmine Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Kershaw Park: 3.4 mi
- William M. Redd, Jr. Park: 4.6 mi
- Middle Run Natural Area: 5.6 mi
- Chambers House Nature Center: 6.2 mi
- Historical Society of Cecil County: 4.5 mi
- Bellanca Airfield Museum: 8.9 mi
- John M Cleveland Civil War Museum: 10.1 mi
- Old Sheriff's House: 10.1 mi
- Dutch House Museum: 10.1 mi
- Native Garden: 1.9 mi
- Herbaceous Garden: 1.9 mi
- Clark Garden: 1.9 mi
- Lepidoptera Trail, & Successional Woods: 1.9 mi
- Worrilow Garden: 2.0 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.3 mi
- Grays Hill: 2.1 mi
- Grays Hill: 3.0 mi
- Drummond Hill: 5.6 mi
- Egg Hill: 7.9 mi
- Wilmington & Western Railroad: 9.4 mi
- Rudolph and Arthur Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Wilmington Riverwalk: 12.5 mi
- Andean Condor: 13.5 mi
- Red Panda: 13.5 mi
- Chloe & Lucinda (Nubian Goats): 2.7 mi
- Wings of Thought: 2.8 mi
- The Student: 3.2 mi
- Hammering Heart: 4.6 mi
- William Julius “Judy” Johnson: 11.8 mi
- Deemer's Beach: 9.0 mi
- Roachs Shore: 13.3 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 13.6 mi
- North East Beach Area: 16.2 mi
- Garrett Island Beach: 18.4 mi
- Frenchtown: 6.2 mi
- Glenville: 7.8 mi
- Lapidum: 20.3 mi
- Darling: 23.6 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Chauncey O. Simpson Memorial Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Deer Creek Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- White Banks: 16.9 mi
- The Eye: 19.1 mi
- Black Barren Spring: 24.2 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 24.7 mi
- Bethel Bridge Lighthouse (replica): 8.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Iron Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Hill | N 9° | 146 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Felix | WSW 257° | 142 m | 20.7 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | NE 42° | 137 m | 18.4 mi |
| Goat Hill | WNW 288° | 135 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Ararat | W 261° | 134 m | 18.0 mi |
| Egg Hill | W 280° | 125 m | 7.9 mi |
| Osborne Hill | NNE 21° | 113 m | 21.1 mi |
| Horseshoe Hill | NNE 24° | 101 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:00 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark AG Farm, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 214151 — Iron Hill, New Castle County, Delaware.
OpenStreetMap element node/5864538320
Day trips start here
- Newark · 3 mi
- Chesapeake City · 8 mi
- New Castle · 10 mi
- Hockessin · 11 mi
- Pennsville · 13 mi
- West Grove · 13 mi
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