Peak · New York
Little Fort Hill
Little Fort Hill rises to 244 m in New York. Spy Rock stands 441 m to the west-northwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cat Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34826521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 244 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.36148, -73.91069
- 21.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 21.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 30 mi
- Overlook · 30 mi
- Hawkwatch · 30 mi
- High Exposure · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Cat Rock: 0.6 mi
- Denning Hill: 0.8 mi
- Fort Hill: 1.1 mi
- Fort Defiance Hill: 1.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Garrison School Forest: 0.9 mi
- Garrison School Forest: 1.2 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 1.3 mi
- Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.3 mi
- Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.7 mi
Parks
- Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 2.4 mi
- Veteran's Park: 2.9 mi
- South Dock Park: 3.0 mi
- Kosciuszko’s Garden: 3.1 mi
- Roe Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- John Burroughs: 2.9 mi
- chimney: 3.1 mi
- Cadet Honor Code Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Kosciuszko Monument: 3.2 mi
- L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument: 3.2 mi
Artworks
- General Patton: 3.1 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 3.2 mi
- Washington Monument: 3.2 mi
- Thayer Statue: 3.4 mi
- Arc: 5.5 mi
Gardens
- Boscobel Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 4.8 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Ossining Organic Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Garden: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 57
- Hell Hole: 5.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Lemon Squeezer: 13.6 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 13.8 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 17.5 mi
Museums: 46
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 2.3 mi
- West Point Museum: 2.8 mi
- Schoolhouse Museum: 3.7 mi
- Boscobel House: 3.8 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 37
- Timp-Torne Trail: 6.2 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 6.5 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 11.9 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 13.9 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 13
- Brick Beach: 8.3 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 8.7 mi
- Canopus Beach: 8.7 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 8.9 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- LG waterfall: 21.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 22.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 22.1 mi
- Farms Falls: 22.4 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Princess circle picnic site: 16.1 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
- Kakiat Park: 18.3 mi
- Pell Hill: 18.5 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Doodletown: 6.4 mi
- Dicktown: 10.6 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Little Fort Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spy Rock | WNW 290° | 441 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bull Hill | NNW 336° | 433 m | 5.8 mi |
| Crows Nest | NW 311° | 429 m | 5.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WNW 295° | 429 m | 5.5 mi |
| Black Rock | WNW 299° | 424 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Rascal | W 279° | 424 m | 7.4 mi |
| Butter Hill | NW 314° | 420 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hill of Pines | WNW 299° | 419 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357569288
Day trips start here
- Highlands · 4 mi
- Cold Spring · 5 mi
- Putnam County · 10 mi
- Stony Point · 10 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 11 mi
- Ossining · 14 mi
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