Observatory Hill
Observatory Hill rises to 405 m in New York. Dennis Hill stands 416 m to the northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Seeley Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34887252, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 405 m
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Seeley Hill: 0.5 mi
- Turner Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Branch Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mizzen Top: 2.2 mi
- Purgatory Hill: 2.6 mi
- Spring Lake Road: 1.6 mi
- Pawling Nature Reserve: 1.8 mi
- West Briggs Hill Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Mallory Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Town Meadows: 2.1 mi
- Colonial Park: 2.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
- Sherman Town Park: 2.9 mi
- Edward R Murrow Park: 4.0 mi
- Town of Dover: 4.1 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 2.8 mi
- Jim Hulton: 4.6 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 6.8 mi
- Mill Ruins: 11.3 mi
- Sybil Ludington Statue: 13.4 mi
- Northrop House: 2.3 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 6.8 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 7.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 11.1 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 11.3 mi
- Personal Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 12.5 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 15.1 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 15.1 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 16.1 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 4.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 5.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.5 mi
- Cascades: 7.3 mi
- New Preston Falls: 11.3 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 6.6 mi
- New Milford Tank: 6.8 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 10.7 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 10.8 mi
- Indian village: 11.3 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 2.8 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 3.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 4.9 mi
- North Beach: 8.3 mi
- South Beach: 8.8 mi
- greek letter pi: 12.8 mi
- Lesser Evil: 13.5 mi
- Jean Widmark: 14.2 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 16.4 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 22.1 mi
- Kelly Slide: 4.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 9.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 10.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 12.6 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 18.8 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 22.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 23.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.4 mi
- Pond View: 24.6 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Dicktown: 14.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 6.3 mi
- The Silver Spring: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Observatory Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hill | NW 317° | 416 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Egbert | WSW 258° | 405 m | 8.0 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | N 8° | 404 m | 6.8 mi |
| Depot Hill | W 263° | 398 m | 7.0 mi |
| East Mountain | NW 316° | 393 m | 7.8 mi |
| West Mountain | NW 324° | 392 m | 6.3 mi |
| Birch Hill | S 190° | 386 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 323° | 386 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357575007
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 15 mi
- Cold Spring · 24 mi
- Highlands · 28 mi
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