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Platt Hill

Platt Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Platt Hill rises to 509 m in New York. Marsh Hill stands 703 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34895989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
509 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27757, -77.20303

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • East Campbell Park: 5.1 mi
  • Mount Washington Multiple Use Area: 6.7 mi
  • Birdseye Hollow Park: 7.0 mi
  • Pulteney Park: 7.0 mi
  • Cooper's Plains Park: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 14
  • Curtis Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 8.9 mi
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 9.0 mi
  • Painted Post Monument: 10.0 mi
  • Preemption Line: 16.0 mi
Museums: 13
Artworks: 10
  • Metal Abstract: 1.9 mi
  • Glass Blower: 11.8 mi
  • The Critic: 11.8 mi
  • Artemus: 12.1 mi
  • Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Rainbow Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Central Cascade: 17.7 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Shequaga Falls: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 11.3 mi
  • Little Joe Tower: 11.8 mi
  • Seneca Lake Pier House: 18.4 mi
  • Muddy Fingers Farm: 24.5 mi
Cliffs: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Platt Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marsh HillWSW 246°703 m17.0 mi
Oak HillW 267°662 m13.7 mi
Old BladyWSW 258°662 m17.2 mi
Kinners KnobWSW 258°620 m12.0 mi
Hathaways PinnacleW 265°615 m12.5 mi
Quackenbush HillESE 119°580 m12.9 mi
Martin HillESE 102°579 m14.3 mi
Mount WashingtonN 7°577 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3320:0720:50
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3515:5516:40

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696861493929

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bath, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357577458

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