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Onion Hill

Onion Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Onion Hill rises to 883 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the east-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewey Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 4.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34828223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
883 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.67201, -74.46599

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 10.4 mi
  • Chimney Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Mini Route 66: 13.2 mi
  • Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 13.6 mi
  • Big Rock: 20.0 mi
Parks: 8
  • Byron Park: 13.0 mi
  • shuffle board: 13.7 mi
  • Poplar Point Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 20.4 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 20.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Long Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
  • Silver Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 5.4 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 6.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Sugar Shack Ruins: 10.3 mi
  • Gate House Ruins: 11.0 mi
  • Pendleton: 24.1 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Rt 30 Alien: 4.5 mi
  • Iron Cross: 10.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 12.2 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 6.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Onion Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainENE 64°1,166 m4.4 mi
Panther MountainNE 40°1,146 m5.8 mi
Wakely MountainNNW 331°1,143 m5.1 mi
Lewey MountainESE 113°1,117 m1.3 mi
Buell MountainNE 44°1,114 m4.3 mi
Little Moose MountainW 269°1,100 m5.2 mi
Pillsbury MountainSSW 200°1,094 m6.7 mi
Manbury MountainW 264°1,053 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1720:0020:44
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:2915:3716:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161726395160646356443322
Precip in3.02.53.23.73.94.44.04.03.54.53.53.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 959384 — Onion Hill, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357575389

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