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Poplar Hill

Poplar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Poplar Hill rises to 446 m in New York. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Moon Hill, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 3.1 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

Wikidata Q34897499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
446 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.75313, -73.32011

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Field Park: 6.2 mi
  • Broad Brook Park: 6.4 mi
  • Margaret Lindley Park: 6.4 mi
  • Science Quad: 6.5 mi
  • Denison Park: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • NY/VT/MA Tri-State Granite Marker: 2.8 mi
  • Tenney Home: 3.7 mi
  • 1753 House: 6.2 mi
  • Mausert's Camp: 6.2 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 6.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 48
Artworks: 28
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 6.1 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 6.2 mi
  • The Owl: 7.3 mi
  • The Wind Chimes: 8.8 mi
  • Seth Warner Statue: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Grandfather Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Sentinels: 6.2 mi
  • Mountain Coaster: 13.8 mi
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 17.7 mi
  • United Methodist Church bell: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Haley Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Money Brook Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Hoosick Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 10.6 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 24
  • Buxton Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Troy Botanical Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Ninth Street Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Troy Rocks: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 6
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Poplar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockSE1,063 m11.2 mi
Saddle Ball MountainSE985 m11.5 mi
Mount FitchSE945 m10.6 mi
Mount WilliamsSE901 m10.1 mi
Scrub HillENE883 m11.3 mi
Spruce HillENE858 m11.9 mi
Berlin MountainSSE853 m4.6 mi
The DomeENE836 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1619:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:53
December solstice07:2115:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445664696760493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pownal 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357577753

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