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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34899403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
783 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16259, -74.97489

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 39
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • White Rock: 7.4 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Roscoe: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 16.2 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle MountainSE 132°906 m12.5 mi
East Mary Smith HillSE 138°896 m12.0 mi
Grays MountainE 84°878 m11.5 mi
Dingle HillE 90°862 m12.2 mi
Fords HillE 86°860 m11.9 mi
Bramley MountainNE 41°857 m12.3 mi
Mary Smith HillSE 139°846 m10.9 mi
Brock MountainSSE 154°841 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2519:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2615:4616:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

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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