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Murder Hill

Murder Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Murder Hill rises to 667 m in New York. Shutts Hill stands 733 m to the west-southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34884163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
667 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25312, -78.72753

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 6.5 mi
  • Conewango Creek Waterway Access: 10.0 mi
  • Weeden Park: 13.6 mi
  • Legion Park: 14.2 mi
  • Cattaraugus Creek Waterway Access: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 25
Artworks: 18
  • The Bathers: 8.3 mi
  • Mosquito: 8.4 mi
  • Reclining amazon: 8.5 mi
  • Amazon: 8.6 mi
  • Yoga amazon: 8.6 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 5
  • Cattaraugus County Fair: 4.1 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Mill Valley Road site: 8.4 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site: 9.5 mi
  • Boundary: 12.0 mi
  • Arcade and Attica Railroad Depot: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Zoar Valley Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Zoar Valley Naturist Area: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Melissa's Spring: 13.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Murder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shutts HillWSW733 m5.8 mi
McCarty HillE710 m1.7 mi
Parker HillSW708 m9.5 mi
Chapell HillESE708 m11.6 mi
Mount IrvineSSE708 m13.5 mi
Mount MoriahSE708 m15.0 mi
Lindell LookoutS707 m3.7 mi
Poverty HillNNE706 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5019:27
June solstice05:3920:1320:56
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:4116:0116:46

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222330435463676559483828
Precip in4.32.53.53.83.94.65.24.34.44.74.03.8

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357572759

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