Leach Hill
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Harris Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Zoar: 1.4 mi
- Dutch Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hawley Hill: 2.1 mi
- Steege Hill: 2.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- Plymouth Woods Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Tanglewood Nature Center: 1.9 mi
- Steege Hill Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Spencer Crest Nature Center: 9.3 mi
- Erwin Hollow State Forest: 11.8 mi
- National Soaring Museum: 2.4 mi
- Big Flats Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Chemung Valley History Museum: 5.2 mi
- Horseheads Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Ashland Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- Mark Twain: 4.6 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 4.6 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 4.8 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 4.8 mi
- Labrador Duck: 5.4 mi
- 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
- Little Joe Tower: 8.9 mi
- Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 9.4 mi
- Larry the Elk: 17.3 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 20.6 mi
- Erwin Text Zone / Parking Area: 12.5 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 19.8 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 21.2 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | SSW 205° | 715 m | 13.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SSW 196° | 638 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | SW 223° | 592 m | 10.1 mi |
| Quackenbush Hill | NNW 330° | 580 m | 8.1 mi |
| Martin Hill | N 352° | 579 m | 10.2 mi |
| Saxtons Knob | S 179° | 576 m | 12.8 mi |
| Townley Hill | NNW 347° | 574 m | 9.9 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SSE 148° | 573 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:54 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
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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- Watkins Glen · 20 mi
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