Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 518 m in New York. Irish Hill stands 599 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tioga County, New York, United States
Wikidata Q34899648, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 518 m
How to reach it
- 22.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
- Ross Hill: 3.4 mi
- Bogart Hill: 3.5 mi
- East Whitcomb Hill: 3.6 mi
- Poverty Knob: 3.8 mi
- Barton Park: 5.0 mi
- Barton Park: 6.2 mi
- Ransom Park: 6.9 mi
- Nichols Park: 6.9 mi
- Two Rivers State Park Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Wildwood Nature Reserve: 7.8 mi
- Wildwood Nature Reserve: 7.9 mi
- Maple Hill State Forest: 8.4 mi
- Apalachin Marsh: 14.5 mi
- Fairfield State Forest: 14.8 mi
- War Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 10.1 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 10.1 mi
- Protection of the Flag Monument: 11.6 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- S.R.A.C. Susquehanna River Archaeological Center: 8.8 mi
- Sayre Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 10.0 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 10.0 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 23.0 mi
- Minn's Garden: 23.1 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 23.1 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 23.1 mi
- Farrand Garden: 23.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.3 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 20.8 mi
- Potter's Falls: 21.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.1 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 23.4 mi
- Labrador Duck: 17.4 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 18.0 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 18.0 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 18.2 mi
- Mark Twain: 18.2 mi
- West Endicott Park Carousel: 19.7 mi
- Incodema: 20.0 mi
- George W. Johnson Park Carousel: 20.9 mi
- Highland Park Carousel: 22.0 mi
- Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Devils Elbow: 6.8 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 11.9 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 20.7 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 14.2 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Hill | NW 317° | 599 m | 14.9 mi |
| Seely Hill | NNW 341° | 582 m | 13.5 mi |
| Barnes Hill | NNW 330° | 571 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 17° | 570 m | 16.7 mi |
| Red Chalk Hill | NW 304° | 569 m | 14.7 mi |
| Varney Hill | NW 308° | 562 m | 16.4 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 344° | 561 m | 13.8 mi |
| Park Hill | WNW 303° | 559 m | 11.1 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 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spencer 1 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578150
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 23 mi
- Watkins Glen · 28 mi
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