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Rand Hill

Rand Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rand Hill rises to 459 m in New York. Lyon Mountain stands 1,167 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Hill, a peak 3.9 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 9.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34900499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
459 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.77143, -73.61264

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 52
  • Cadyville Recreation Park: 4.8 mi
  • East Morrisonville Park: 5.6 mi
  • LaPierre Lane Riverway Park: 6.0 mi
  • May Currier Park: 6.9 mi
  • Wallace Hill Park: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves: 39
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 14
  • Rockwell Kent Collection: 8.9 mi
  • Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 9.0 mi
  • Kent-Delord House Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Kids' Station Children's Museum: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Camp Chateaugay Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 19.7 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Airplane: 10.2 mi
  • Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 14.6 mi
  • Ausable Chasm: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Horseshoe Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Alice Falls: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 9.8 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 18.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Rand Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyon MountainWSW 249°1,167 m13.2 mi
Averill PeakWSW 248°1,159 m14.2 mi
Brushy KnobWSW 244°885 m13.3 mi
Norton PeakWSW 243°876 m19.2 mi
Ellenburg MountainW 274°789 m11.3 mi
Johnson MountainWSW 242°755 m9.2 mi
Panther HillW 276°722 m16.3 mi
Tolman MountainSSW 213°722 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2819:07
June solstice05:0920:0020:45
September equinox06:4218:1518:54
December solstice07:3015:2916:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130435665696760483625
Precip in2.92.32.83.84.04.94.24.13.84.72.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dannemora, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962164 — Rand Hill, Clinton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357581585

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