Quackenbush Hill
Quackenbush Hill rises to 580 m in New York. Gobblers Knob stands 592 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49065943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 580 m
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hornby Park: 3.1 mi
- Fawn Acres: 3.1 mi
- Hillview Park: 3.3 mi
- Sperr Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Everett Buckey Wainwright Memorial Field: 4.4 mi
- Rose Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.8 mi
- Townley Hill: 3.2 mi
- Denmark Hill: 3.3 mi
- Martin Hill: 4.0 mi
- Beaver Dams State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Steege Hill Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Erwin Hollow State Forest: 6.0 mi
- Spencer Crest Nature Center: 7.1 mi
- Tanglewood Nature Center: 7.7 mi
- Preemption Line: 4.3 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 5.2 mi
- Painted Post Monument: 6.1 mi
- Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 6.8 mi
- IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 7.6 mi
- Big Flats Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- Kids Rockewell Art Lab: 4.8 mi
- The Rockwell Museum: 4.8 mi
- Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot: 5.9 mi
- National Soaring Museum: 6.1 mi
- Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 4.7 mi
- Artemus: 4.8 mi
- Glass Blower: 4.9 mi
- The Critic: 5.0 mi
- Mark Twain: 10.7 mi
- Shequaga Falls: 12.7 mi
- Aunt Sarah's Falls: 13.0 mi
- Deckertown Falls: 13.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 13.7 mi
- Central Cascade: 13.8 mi
- Little Joe Tower: 4.9 mi
- Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 4.9 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 14.7 mi
- Larry the Elk: 21.2 mi
- Muddy Fingers Farm: 24.0 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
- Kanona Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 13.8 mi
- Mossy Bank: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Quackenbush Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobblers Knob | S 191° | 592 m | 14.7 mi |
| Martin Hill | NE 40° | 579 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Washington | NW 322° | 577 m | 17.0 mi |
| Huey Hill | N 356° | 576 m | 15.0 mi |
| Townley Hill | NNE 33° | 574 m | 3.2 mi |
| Irish Hill | NW 305° | 574 m | 15.0 mi |
| Buck Hill | SSW 196° | 572 m | 16.2 mi |
| Oak Hill | NW 309° | 570 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:54 | 16:40 |
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 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elmira Corning Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962023 — Quackenbush Hill, Steuben County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581338
Day trips start here
- Southern Tier · 9 mi
- Watkins Glen · 14 mi
- Trumansburg · 29 mi
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