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Moose Hill

Moose Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Moose Hill rises to 330 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is California Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in New York, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34879667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
330 m
Getting there

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Coordinates41.42593, -73.78430

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Sycamore Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 3.1 mi
  • Crane Road: 3.1 mi
  • Fahnestock Winter Park: 3.7 mi
  • Mahopac Chamber of Commerce Park: 4.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites: 54
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 5.5 mi
  • chimney: 5.6 mi
  • Connecticut Line: 8.1 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 8.3 mi
  • Boring Mill Backshot Wheel: 8.5 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 37
  • Boscobel Gardens: 8.1 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 11.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 15
Attractions: 14
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.8 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 13.7 mi
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 14.1 mi
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 16.0 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 8
  • Upper Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 16.0 mi
  • LG waterfall: 18.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 9.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 18.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Moose Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainWNW491 m9.1 mi
North Beacon MountainWNW465 m9.4 mi
Bald HillNW456 m8.6 mi
Lambs HillWNW454 m8.9 mi
Bull HillW433 m8.9 mi
Crows NestW429 m10.4 mi
Nimham MountNE388 m3.9 mi
Breakneck RidgeWNW384 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2219:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 957618 — Moose Hill, Putnam County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357571984

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