Preston Hill
Preston Hill rises to 442 m in New York. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the north-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is North Preston Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34898885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 442 m
How to reach it
- 28.5 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- North Preston Hill: 0.8 mi
- Chapel Pond Hill: 0.9 mi
- East Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Thayer Brook Hill: 1.3 mi
- Birch Hill: 1.6 mi
- Kent Commons Park: 2.2 mi
- Kent Green: 2.6 mi
- Ketcham Park: 3.4 mi
- Charlie Jones Veterans Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Town of Dover: 4.7 mi
- Emery Park: 2.8 mi
- Currie Sanctuary: 3.2 mi
- Herrick Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Alice McCallister Memorial Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Kent Mountain Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 1.7 mi
- Jim Hulton: 6.8 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 7.8 mi
- Mill Ruins: 8.7 mi
- Lime Kiln: 12.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 3.2 mi
- Northrop House: 9.2 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 10.5 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 11.7 mi
- Gunn Memorial Museum: 12.0 mi
- Cascades: 1.5 mi
- Kent Falls: 7.0 mi
- New Preston Falls: 8.7 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 11.0 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 12.2 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 9.6 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 10.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 12.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 15.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.9 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 4.2 mi
- New Milford Tank: 10.7 mi
- Peter's Forge: 11.6 mi
- Indian village: 12.1 mi
- wings castle: 12.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 9.7 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 12.5 mi
- Personal Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.7 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 19.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 1.5 mi
- Grand Staircase: 1.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 9.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 20.0 mi
- Jean Widmark: 16.1 mi
- greek letter pi: 20.7 mi
- Lesser Evil: 21.0 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 21.4 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 21.6 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 10.9 mi
- Dicktown: 20.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 2.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Preston Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Hill | NNE 28° | 473 m | 7.2 mi |
| North Preston Hill | NNE 17° | 441 m | 0.8 mi |
| Skiff Mountain | NNE 33° | 431 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bromica Mountain | ENE 66° | 428 m | 6.0 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | ENE 58° | 426 m | 0.9 mi |
| Cobble Mountain | N 11° | 426 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mauwee Peak | ENE 62° | 426 m | 5.5 mi |
| Flanders Mountain | ENE 57° | 422 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578055
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- Putnam County · 23 mi
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