Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 783 m in New York. Middle Mountain stands 906 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is MacDonald Road Unit, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 19 miles off.
The story
Prospect Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York north-northeast of Downsville. Conklin Hill is located southeast, and Brace Hill is located southwest of Prospect Hill.
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Wikidata Q34899403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 783 m
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
Named places within 25 miles
- MacDonald Road Unit: 1.1 mi
- Mallory Brook Unit: 1.7 mi
- East River Road Unit: 2.5 mi
- Walton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 2.5 mi
- Basin Clove Unit: 2.9 mi
- Fyffe Cobble: 3.2 mi
- Bryden Hill: 3.4 mi
- Brace Hill: 3.5 mi
- Colchester Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Starkweather Hill: 4.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Park: 6.0 mi
- Bear Spring Mountain Game Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Upper Basset Park: 7.6 mi
- Bassett Park: 7.7 mi
- Austin Lincoln Park: 7.9 mi
- Roscoe O&W Museum: 16.3 mi
- Hanford Mills Museum: 18.6 mi
- Oneonta History Centre: 20.6 mi
- Yager Hall - Library and Museum: 21.0 mi
- Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 21.3 mi
- Handen Covered Bridge: 2.4 mi
- Cat Hollow Legend: 6.8 mi
- Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 16.9 mi
- ETS Relay (Ruin): 23.4 mi
- Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 24.2 mi
- Russell Brook Falls: 11.7 mi
- Tompkins Falls: 12.4 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 17.9 mi
- Stratton Falls: 20.4 mi
- Jensen Cascade: 22.4 mi
- Money Point: 4.4 mi
- Overlook Cliff: 22.6 mi
- White Rock: 7.4 mi
- VanTran Covered Bridge: 18.6 mi
- East Branch Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Roscoe: 17.3 mi
- Beamoc Trout: 16.2 mi
- statue of liberty replica: 20.4 mi
- Piped Spring: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Mountain | SE 132° | 906 m | 12.5 mi |
| East Mary Smith Hill | SE 138° | 896 m | 12.0 mi |
| Grays Mountain | E 84° | 878 m | 11.5 mi |
| Beech Hill | SE 130° | 867 m | 12.6 mi |
| Dingle Hill | E 90° | 862 m | 12.2 mi |
| Fords Hill | E 86° | 860 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bramley Mountain | NE 41° | 857 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mary Smith Hill | SE 139° | 846 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:46 | 16:32 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downsville DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961169 — Prospect Hill, Delaware County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578156
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