Poverty Knob
Poverty Knob rises to 421 m in New York. Irish Hill stands 599 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34898529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 421 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ransom Park: 3.1 mi
- Barton Park: 4.1 mi
- Kirby Park: 4.6 mi
- Livingston Park: 6.1 mi
- Marvin Park: 6.3 mi
- Ross Hill: 0.8 mi
- East Whitcomb Hill: 1.4 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.8 mi
- West Beecher Hill: 5.4 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 6.9 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 7.0 mi
- Hickories Park Founding Plaque: 8.6 mi
- War Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Wildwood Nature Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Apalachin Marsh: 11.2 mi
- Waterman Conservation Education Center: 11.4 mi
- Maple Hill State Forest: 11.4 mi
- Oakley Corners State Forest: 13.5 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 6.8 mi
- S.R.A.C. Susquehanna River Archaeological Center: 9.5 mi
- Sayre Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Tioga Point Museum: 11.3 mi
- Johnson City Square Deal Arch: 17.4 mi
- Labrador Duck: 20.6 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 21.3 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 21.3 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 21.5 mi
- West Endicott Park Carousel: 16.4 mi
- George W. Johnson Park Carousel: 17.7 mi
- Highland Park Carousel: 18.9 mi
- Incodema: 21.9 mi
- Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 22.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 23.2 mi
- Potter's Falls: 23.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 23.7 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 23.8 mi
- Devils Elbow: 3.1 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 14.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 23.3 mi
- Campus Garden: 21.1 mi
- Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 21.3 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 16.1 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Poverty Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Hill | NW 314° | 599 m | 18.6 mi |
| Seely Hill | NNW 332° | 582 m | 16.5 mi |
| Cork Hill | ESE 111° | 577 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 5° | 570 m | 18.0 mi |
| Red Chalk Hill | WNW 304° | 569 m | 18.5 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 335° | 561 m | 16.8 mi |
| Park Hill | WNW 302° | 559 m | 14.9 mi |
| Dawes Hill | NNW 333° | 552 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
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 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
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 961070 — Poverty Knob, Tioga County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577949
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 25 mi
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