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Oak Hill

Oak Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Oak Hill rises to 374 m in New York. Jay Benchmark stands 1,097 m to the south-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is The Covered Bridge, a park 1.2 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 0.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America; geonames ID = 5129475

Wikidata Q34887063, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
374 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.39032, -73.72764

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • The Covered Bridge: 1.2 mi
  • Wilmington Bike Park: 4.2 mi
  • Wilmington Heritage Park: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Everest - Town Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Town of Wilmington Beach: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 59
Waterfalls: 33
  • Flume Falls: 5.7 mi
  • The Flume Fall: 5.8 mi
  • Lower Stag Brook Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Upper Stag Brook Falls: 7.4 mi
  • High Falls (Climax): 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Historic sites: 22
  • Bert Williams Farm: 2.5 mi
  • J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 4.1 mi
  • Randy Preston Memorial: 8.8 mi
  • Clintonville: 9.1 mi
  • 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Potholes: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Head Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Whirlpool Cove: 7.8 mi
  • Master Pothole: 7.8 mi
  • Porridge Potholes: 7.8 mi
Museums: 20
  • Adirondack history center museum: 13.8 mi
  • Adirondack History Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Anderson Falls Heritage Society Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 18.5 mi
  • Westport Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Shelburne Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Footbridge Park: 13.5 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Oak Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jay BenchmarkSSE 151°1,097 m6.3 mi
Morgan MountainWNW 287°1,050 m6.8 mi
Jay MountainSSE 159°1,028 m5.8 mi
Bluff MountainSE 128°893 m5.7 mi
U S MountainSE 145°870 m5.4 mi
Death MountainSE 140°865 m6.2 mi
Arnold MountainSE 143°853 m5.2 mi
Marble MountainW 267°833 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1119:5920:44
September equinox06:4318:1618:54
December solstice07:2915:3116:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151826395160646356443221
Precip in3.12.32.93.43.94.84.44.03.94.23.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959118 — Oak Hill, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357574725

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