Preston Hill
Preston Hill rises to 256 m in New York. Fellows Hill stands 611 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery, a park 1.0 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34898935, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 16.8 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery: 1.0 mi
- Seymour Lofft Park: 2.8 mi
- Austin Park: 3.9 mi
- Marcellus Park: 4.0 mi
- Marcellus Youth Soccer Fields: 4.3 mi
- Science Hill: 2.9 mi
- Nose Hill: 3.1 mi
- Cottle Hill: 3.7 mi
- Bishop Hill: 4.4 mi
- Baker Hill: 4.4 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 3.7 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 4.0 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 8.3 mi
- Auburn Roundhouse: 10.3 mi
- Baltimore Woods Nature Center: 4.0 mi
- Holdridge Habitat Woods: 5.7 mi
- Pumpkin Hollow: 7.0 mi
- Snow Creek Ravine: 7.1 mi
- Camillus Forest Unique Area: 7.5 mi
- Steadman House: 3.6 mi
- Seward House Museum: 9.7 mi
- Cayuga Museum of History and Art: 10.2 mi
- Harriet Tubman Visitor Center & Tubman Home for the Aged: 10.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman Residence: 10.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 9.7 mi
- William Seward: 9.8 mi
- Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Mountain Goat: 12.2 mi
- Walt: 12.9 mi
- Guppy Falls: 2.9 mi
- Marcellus Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 13.5 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 13.8 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 15.2 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 11.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden of Hope: 12.0 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 12.2 mi
- South Side Garden: 13.3 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 14.2 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 10.2 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 10.7 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 13.2 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 14.7 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 17.1 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 21.1 mi
- Oneida Shores: 21.3 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 22.6 mi
- Willow Bay: 11.3 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 18.2 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 18.7 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 12.6 mi
- Preble: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Preston Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fellows Hill | SE 125° | 611 m | 23.7 mi |
| Labrador Hill | SE 132° | 606 m | 23.6 mi |
| Ripley Hill | SSE 151° | 604 m | 17.1 mi |
| Jones Hill | SE 128° | 598 m | 23.5 mi |
| Preble Hill | SSE 147° | 580 m | 19.8 mi |
| Vesper Hill | SE 141° | 579 m | 17.3 mi |
| Gifford Hill | SSE 147° | 576 m | 18.9 mi |
| Brake Hill | SSE 155° | 574 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961124 — Preston Hill, Onondaga County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578058
Day trips start here
- Skaneateles · 4 mi
- Weedsport · 8 mi
- Auburn · 10 mi
- Syracuse · 13 mi
- Seneca Falls · 21 mi
- Wolcott · 25 mi
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