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Leach Hill

Leach Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Leach Hill rises to 499 m in New York. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Plymouth Woods Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34825840, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
499 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08674, -76.90218

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Harris Hill Park: 2.8 mi
  • Pirozzolo Park: 3.0 mi
  • Big Flats Community Park: 3.4 mi
  • Draxler Park: 3.8 mi
  • Sperr Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Confederate Monument: 4.1 mi
  • Shohola Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Preemption Line: 4.3 mi
  • Soaring Capital of America: 4.7 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Museums: 14
Artworks: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Shequaga Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Deckertown Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Glen Cathedral: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Round Top Recreation Area: 21.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Railroad Springs: 22.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Leach Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillSSW 205°715 m13.4 mi
Buck MountainSSW 196°638 m12.2 mi
Gobblers KnobSW 223°592 m10.1 mi
Quackenbush HillNNW 330°580 m8.1 mi
Martin HillN 352°579 m10.2 mi
Saxtons KnobS 179°576 m12.8 mi
Townley HillNNW 347°574 m9.9 mi
Thompson HillSSE 148°573 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:20
June solstice05:3320:0520:48
September equinox06:5618:3019:07
December solstice07:3315:5416:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252634465867717062503931
Precip in2.11.92.73.33.14.24.13.84.13.52.72.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elmira, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 955135 — Leach Hill, Chemung County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357568826

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