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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 186 m in New York. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Marion Town Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 10 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

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

Wikidata Q34899699, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.13256, -77.18970

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marion Town Park: 1.2 mi
  • Swift's Landing Park: 4.5 mi
  • Sherburne Road Park: 4.8 mi
  • Ginegaw Park: 4.9 mi
  • Union Club Park: 5.2 mi
Attractions
  • Lucy Harris Home & Farm: 4.0 mi
  • Walworth Bell: 4.1 mi
  • Martin Harris Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Nathan Harris Home Site: 4.4 mi
  • Red School site: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Mud Creek Aqueduct: 5.6 mi
  • Fireman's Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 60: 6.4 mi
  • Lock 60 Historic Site: 6.4 mi
  • Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 61: 6.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 56
Museums: 35
Gardens: 32
  • Hope Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 15.1 mi
  • North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 18.0 mi
  • South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 18.0 mi
  • Inner Parking Lot Bed (Lane #1): 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Waterfalls: 10
Beaches: 5
  • Crescent Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 18.2 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Windsor Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Klippel Spring: 11.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSW 215°358 m20.7 mi
Baptist HillSSW 211°356 m23.3 mi
Hopper HillsSW 229°335 m19.6 mi
Woodchuck HillSW 225°297 m24.1 mi
Taft HillSW 222°287 m23.8 mi
Lincoln HillS 186°285 m19.6 mi
Baker HillWSW 240°282 m13.6 mi
Crozier HillSSE 161°266 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3020:0920:53
September equinox06:5718:3119:08
December solstice07:3815:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533445665696861503929
Precip in3.02.52.73.23.43.53.63.83.44.33.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sodus 1W, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 961174 — Prospect Hill, Wayne County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357578173

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