Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 55 m in New York. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Avenue Canal Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Saratoga County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34899635, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 55 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 0.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 13.0 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mohawk River view · 3 mi
- Lock 7 Dam · 8 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 20 mi
- Eagle Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington Avenue Canal Park: 0.4 mi
- 4th Street Park: 0.5 mi
- 8th Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Lock 2 Park: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Mount Rafinesque: 3.4 mi
- Rice Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mount Olympus: 3.9 mi
- Piser Hill: 6.5 mi
- Fords Hill: 7.2 mi
- Old Champlain Canal Lock 5: 0.5 mi
- Old Champlain Canal Weighlock: 0.5 mi
- World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Waterford Honor Roll: 0.9 mi
- Waterford Soldiers & Sailors Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Civil War and World War I Waterford Honor Roll: 0.9 mi
- Waterford Historical Museum and Cultural Center: 1.5 mi
- Herman Melville House: 1.9 mi
- Van Schaick Mansion: 2.3 mi
- Kate Mullany House: 4.2 mi
- Hart-Cluett Mansion: 4.9 mi
- HVCC: 3.2 mi
- Hayes Nature Park: 5.5 mi
- Poesten Kill Bends Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Osgood Woods: 5.7 mi
- Fox Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Tenth Street Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Ninth Street Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Troy Botanical Garden: 4.7 mi
- Brinton and Avery's Place: 5.0 mi
- Avery's Garden: 5.1 mi
- Cohoes Falls: 1.6 mi
- Piscawen Falls: 3.8 mi
- Swatling Falls: 4.8 mi
- Poesten Kill Falls: 5.5 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 6.4 mi
- Clinton's Ditch: 1.8 mi
- Water Turbine: 1.8 mi
- Nipper the RCA Dog: 9.9 mi
- Unity 1970: 10.6 mi
- Mayor Thomas Whalen III: 10.9 mi
- Uncle Sam's Grave: 2.7 mi
- United Methodist Church bell: 4.7 mi
- Saint Brigid's Bell: 6.6 mi
- William Learned Marcy Grave: 6.8 mi
- Stanford Mausoleum: 6.8 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 5.8 mi
- Karista Spring: 18.3 mi
- Tallulah Spring: 18.3 mi
- Polaris: 18.4 mi
- non-carbonated water: 18.4 mi
- Cohoes Falls: 1.6 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 19.3 mi
- Cave Wall: 19.6 mi
- Lower Misery Wall: 19.6 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 3.4 mi
- Waterfront: 10.0 mi
- Brown's Beach: 13.2 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 14.0 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 20.9 mi
- Clifton Park Rest Area: 7.1 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 20.4 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 23.0 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Mountain | ESE 110° | 853 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Raimer | ESE 106° | 784 m | 21.0 mi |
| White Rock | E 99° | 775 m | 20.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 97° | 757 m | 20.4 mi |
| White Rocks | ESE 103° | 706 m | 21.4 mi |
| Smith Hill | ESE 102° | 703 m | 21.4 mi |
| Rocky Hill | ESE 124° | 625 m | 18.4 mi |
| Perigo Hill | SE 130° | 571 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578162
Day trips start here
- Cohoes · 2 mi
- Troy · 5 mi
- Watervliet · 5 mi
- Clifton Park · 8 mi
- Capital District · 10 mi
- Albany · 11 mi
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