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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 582 m in New York. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Rock, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4365851

Wikidata Q34899377, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
582 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.14280, -73.48753

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Garrett Garden and Green: 3.5 mi
  • Copake Town Park: 3.8 mi
  • Town Park: 3.9 mi
  • French Park: 4.0 mi
  • McAllister Park: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 40
Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 31
  • Newsboy Statue: 6.6 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 6.9 mi
  • Naked Lady: 7.2 mi
  • Diving Lady: 11.4 mi
  • Divine Mercy: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Gardens: 17
Attractions: 13
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil’s Pulpit: 10.4 mi
  • Kennedy Cliffs: 17.8 mi
  • The Beech: 22.1 mi
  • Space Invaders: 22.1 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 9
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount EverettSE 135°793 m4.0 mi
Mount FrissellS 177°747 m6.3 mi
Mount AshleyS 173°725 m5.6 mi
Mount RaceSE 146°723 m5.1 mi
Bear MountainSSE 166°708 m7.0 mi
Brace MountainS 182°706 m6.8 mi
South Brace MountainS 181°702 m7.2 mi
Round MountainS 175°695 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5220:34
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2015:4016:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475766717062504030
Precip in3.12.33.33.34.64.33.83.84.54.22.93.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358276682

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