Nixon Hill
Nixon Hill rises to 510 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairfield State Forest, a nature reserve 3.4 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34885767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 510 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 22.3 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 18 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newark Valley Village Green: 6.5 mi
- Trout Ponds Park: 6.5 mi
- Nanticoke Lake Multiple Use Area: 6.8 mi
- Greenwood Park: 7.3 mi
- Lane Collyer Field: 8.3 mi
- Turkey Hill: 4.4 mi
- Candor Hill: 6.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Diamond Peak: 7.7 mi
- Eastman Hill: 8.9 mi
- Fairfield State Forest: 3.4 mi
- Turkey Hill State Forest: 4.7 mi
- Beaver Dam State Forest: 6.8 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Incodema: 11.9 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 12.5 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 14.1 mi
- Snyder's Maple: 15.2 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 15.2 mi
- Newark Valley Depot Museum: 6.3 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 14.7 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 16.5 mi
- Sciencenter: 17.2 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 6.7 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 14.1 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 14.6 mi
- Hickories Park Founding Plaque: 15.3 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 15.3 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 15.5 mi
- Minn's Garden: 16.0 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 16.0 mi
- Potter's Falls: 14.2 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 16.2 mi
- Rocky Falls: 16.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 16.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 16.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 16.8 mi
- Johnson City Square Deal Arch: 17.3 mi
- Pegasus Statue: 20.2 mi
- Reclining Figure on Pedestal: 20.2 mi
- Falling Man: 20.3 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 13.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 16.3 mi
- Devils Elbow: 17.2 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 10.1 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Nixon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | NNE 19° | 643 m | 13.2 mi |
| Greek Peak | NNE 17° | 637 m | 13.3 mi |
| South Hill | NNE 15° | 635 m | 13.6 mi |
| Tuller Hill | NNE 18° | 616 m | 15.7 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | NNW 341° | 612 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hammond Hill | NNW 337° | 598 m | 9.2 mi |
| Beam Hill | NNW 339° | 594 m | 10.9 mi |
| Seely Hill | W 267° | 582 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:51 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 958626 — Nixon Hill, Tioga County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357573729
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 17 mi
- Cortland · 20 mi
- Trumansburg · 27 mi
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