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Porter Hill

Porter Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Porter Hill rises to 522 m in New York. Irish Hill stands 599 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Putnam Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

The story

Indian Lake is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 1,352 at the 2010 census. The name is from a lake of the same name that is largely inside the town. There are no permanent stop lights in the town. The town is on the eastern border of the county and is northeast of Utica. Indian Lake terms itself the "Moose capital of the Northeast". Their welcoming sign on Route 28 even features this critter, and several other examples of this claim can be found throughout the town itself.

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Wikidata Q34897806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
522 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11730, -76.59522

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Two Rivers State Park Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
  • Breesport Community Park: 7.7 mi
  • Waverly Glen Park: 7.8 mi
  • Pershing Park: 8.2 mi
  • Shephard Park: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Historic sites: 28
  • War Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Newtown Battlefield Monument: 8.7 mi
  • NEWTOWN: 9.0 mi
  • School #3: 10.8 mi
  • DL&W Station Platforms: 10.9 mi
Museums: 21
Waterfalls: 15
  • Lower Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Lucifer Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Deckertown Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Shequaga Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 21.0 mi
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Incodema: 21.6 mi
  • Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 23.0 mi
  • Seneca Lake Pier House: 23.4 mi
  • Little Joe Tower: 23.8 mi
  • Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Round Top Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tamarack Spring: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Der deutsche Strand: 20.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Porter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Irish HillNNW 344°599 m11.2 mi
Seely HillNNE 12°582 m12.7 mi
Thompson HillSW 217°573 m15.5 mi
Barnes HillN 1°571 m11.8 mi
Red Chalk HillNNW 328°569 m9.5 mi
Varney HillNNW 330°562 m11.5 mi
Beech HillNNE 14°561 m13.4 mi
Park HillNNW 338°559 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3120:0420:47
September equinox06:5418:2919:06
December solstice07:3215:5316:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465867717062514031
Precip in2.21.82.63.43.14.33.63.34.03.52.42.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 960991 — Porter Hill, Chemung County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577805

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