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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 335 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinker Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Putnam County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34899609, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
335 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.39648, -73.82208

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 3.1 mi
  • Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 3.9 mi
  • Baldwin Meadows Park: 4.2 mi
  • Blackberry Woods: 4.7 mi
  • Mahopac Chamber of Commerce Park: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • chimney: 3.5 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 6.0 mi
  • Connecticut Line: 6.5 mi
  • Boring Mill Backshot Wheel: 6.6 mi
  • Quarry: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Museums: 53
Cliffs: 53
Gardens: 44
  • Boscobel Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Formal Garden: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 15
Attractions: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Upper Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 18.7 mi
  • LG waterfall: 20.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainNW 313°491 m8.6 mi
North Beacon MountainNW 315°465 m9.0 mi
Bald HillNW 326°456 m8.8 mi
Lambs HillNW 321°454 m8.8 mi
Bull HillWNW 293°433 m7.5 mi
Crows NestW 276°429 m8.4 mi
Storm King MountainWNW 286°411 m9.3 mi
Nimham MountNE 48°388 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961163 — Prospect Hill, Putnam County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357578136

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