Purgatory Hill
Purgatory Hill rises to 309 m in New York. Dennis Hill stands 416 m to the north-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mizzen Top, a peak 1.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q49064557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 309 m
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mizzen Top: 1.6 mi
- Mount Tom: 2.3 mi
- Corbin Hill: 2.5 mi
- Branch Hill: 2.6 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.6 mi
- Edward R Murrow Park: 1.9 mi
- Veteran Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Colonial Park: 4.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Sherman Town Park: 4.5 mi
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy: 3.0 mi
- Pawling Nature Reserve: 3.1 mi
- Friends of Great Swamp: 3.2 mi
- West Briggs Hill Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancey: 3.6 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 5.2 mi
- Jim Hulton: 7.1 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 9.0 mi
- Sybil Ludington Statue: 11.0 mi
- 9-11 Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Northrop House: 4.2 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 8.6 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 8.7 mi
- Great Buddha Hall: 12.4 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 13.4 mi
- Personal Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 14.2 mi
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 14.2 mi
- Judea Garden: 15.1 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 16.3 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 4.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.5 mi
- Cascades: 9.6 mi
- New Preston Falls: 13.9 mi
- greek letter pi: 12.1 mi
- Lesser Evil: 13.0 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 15.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 16.0 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 21.1 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 4.5 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 4.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 5.2 mi
- North Beach: 8.2 mi
- South Beach: 8.5 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 4.6 mi
- New Milford Tank: 8.7 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 12.1 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 12.6 mi
- Indian village: 13.5 mi
- Kelly Slide: 6.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.6 mi
- Grand Staircase: 12.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 12.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 17.0 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
- Pell Hill: 21.2 mi
- Oak Grove: 24.4 mi
- Cedar Grove: 24.5 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 7.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Dicktown: 11.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.5 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 8.6 mi
- The Silver Spring: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Purgatory Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hill | NNW 339° | 416 m | 6.8 mi |
| Observatory Hill | NE 48° | 405 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Egbert | W 271° | 405 m | 5.9 mi |
| Depot Hill | W 280° | 398 m | 5.1 mi |
| East Mountain | NNW 334° | 393 m | 8.1 mi |
| West Mountain | NNW 345° | 392 m | 7.1 mi |
| Birch Hill | SSE 159° | 386 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 345° | 386 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357581300
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 13 mi
- Cold Spring · 22 mi
- Highlands · 25 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 29 mi
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