Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 192 m in New York. Hilltop stands 862 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jamieson Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in Dutchess County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 961165)
Wikidata Q34899416, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 192 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 17 mi
- High Falls · 19 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 21 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jamieson Hill: 2.2 mi
- Old Attlebury Hill: 3.6 mi
- Old Roundtop: 3.7 mi
- Schultz Hill: 3.9 mi
- Shelly Hill: 3.9 mi
- Whitlock Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Stanford Skate Park: 2.5 mi
- Stanford Recreation Park: 2.5 mi
- Stanford Recreation Park: 2.5 mi
- Friends Park: 3.0 mi
- Stonehouse Wood Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Stissing Mountain: 6.6 mi
- FOSL: 7.5 mi
- Stissing Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Patriot Burials: 6.0 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 7.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
- War Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Rondout Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 15.5 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 15.6 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 15.6 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 15.6 mi
- Glenerie Falls: 15.6 mi
- Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum: 8.9 mi
- The Story Studio: 10.7 mi
- Klyne Esopus Museum: 10.9 mi
- Franklin D Roosevelt Presedential Library and Museum: 11.4 mi
- Riverport Wooden Boat School: 11.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 7.5 mi
- Vanderbilt Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 10.8 mi
- The Wild Garden: 11.2 mi
- Roosevelt Home Garden: 11.4 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 11.4 mi
- Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 11.4 mi
- Winston Chruchill: 11.4 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 12.3 mi
- America: 13.0 mi
- Esopus Meadows Beach: 9.7 mi
- Flint Beach: 9.8 mi
- Walnut Beach: 9.9 mi
- North Landing Beach: 10.1 mi
- West Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 10.5 mi
- Bard Rock: 10.6 mi
- Trap Cliff: 12.9 mi
- Kaal Rock: 14.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 17.0 mi
- wings castle: 4.5 mi
- Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 11.1 mi
- Hudson River Cruises: 12.0 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 12.5 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 17.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 20.4 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 23.4 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 16.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | WSW 239° | 862 m | 12.9 mi |
| Silver Mountain | ENE 66° | 427 m | 10.4 mi |
| Clove Mountain | SSE 165° | 426 m | 12.9 mi |
| Stissing Mountain | NNE 29° | 425 m | 7.0 mi |
| Tower Hill | SE 128° | 403 m | 8.2 mi |
| Winchell Mountain | ENE 61° | 403 m | 13.0 mi |
| Signal Rock | N 10° | 335 m | 12.7 mi |
| Green Hill | N 10° | 335 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578143
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