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Mount Prospect

Mount Prospect, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Prospect rises to 434 m in New York. Cork Hill stands 577 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutler Botanic Garden, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34883251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
434 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12146, -75.91936

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Valley Street Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cheri A. Lindsey Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Otsiningo County Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 13
Artworks: 12
  • George F. Johnson statue: 1.7 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 2.0 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 3.3 mi
  • Falling Man: 3.4 mi
  • Reclining Figure on Pedestal: 3.4 mi
Museums: 10
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 4.1 mi
  • Campus Garden: 4.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • The Salt Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Salt Springs: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Mount Prospect. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cork HillSW 221°577 m11.9 mi
Ingraham HillSSW 201°556 m4.4 mi
Birchard HillSSE 169°555 m19.3 mi
Lucky HillS 188°550 m6.7 mi
Stonecrop HillSSE 158°549 m14.5 mi
Bobell HillNE 49°546 m16.1 mi
Brady HillS 170°545 m7.8 mi
Hickory KnobSE 128°537 m15.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3919:16
June solstice05:2920:0120:44
September equinox06:5218:2619:03
December solstice07:3015:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532455664696760493828
Precip in2.62.43.13.63.84.73.84.14.03.83.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Binghamton, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961199 — Mount Prospect, Broome County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357578258

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