Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 314 m in New York. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Shults Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Dutchess County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 961166).
Wikidata Q34899440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 314 m
How to reach it
- 26.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shults Hill: 1.6 mi
- McGee Hill: 3.2 mi
- Winchell Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Round Ball Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Smith Hill: 3.7 mi
- Stissing Lake Park: 4.1 mi
- Stissing Mountain Multiple Use Area: 6.7 mi
- Wilcox Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Roeliff Jansenkill Multiple Use Area: 7.6 mi
- Bauer Park: 7.8 mi
- FOSL: 4.7 mi
- Stissing Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 5.7 mi
- Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary: 6.2 mi
- Yoakum Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 7.8 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 9.6 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 11.8 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 13.7 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 13.7 mi
- War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Moravian Christian Mission Monument: 4.0 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 6.9 mi
- Folly: 7.5 mi
- Lime Kiln: 8.3 mi
- Riga Falls: 7.1 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 8.8 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 9.5 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 9.6 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 10.3 mi
- Diving Lady: 11.7 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 16.3 mi
- Stargon: 16.4 mi
- America: 16.5 mi
- Wishbone: 16.8 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 14.5 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 16.5 mi
- Bard Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Ellipse: 16.9 mi
- Formal Gardens: 16.9 mi
- East Beach: 9.3 mi
- West Beach: 9.7 mi
- South Landing: 17.7 mi
- West Landing: 17.7 mi
- Ulster Landing Beach: 18.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 8.8 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.1 mi
- wings castle: 11.0 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 15.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 15.5 mi
- Trap Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Grand Staircase: 18.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 19.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 21.5 mi
- Bard Rock: 22.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.4 mi
- Questing: 19.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.6 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Frissell | NE 51° | 747 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Ashley | NE 49° | 725 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Race | NE 51° | 723 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ENE 60° | 708 m | 8.1 mi |
| Brace Mountain | NE 51° | 706 m | 6.5 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | NE 54° | 702 m | 6.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | NE 54° | 695 m | 7.4 mi |
| Alander Mountain | NNE 32° | 680 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961166 — Prospect Hill, Dutchess County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578146
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 19 mi
- Monterey · 24 mi
- Stockbridge · 25 mi
- Berkshires · 26 mi
- Lee · 28 mi
- Otis · 29 mi
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