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Red House Hill

Red House Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red House Hill rises to 490 m in New York. Hooker Mountain stands 709 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Thayer Farm, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

The story

Red House Hill is a mountain in the Central New York Region of the State of New York, United States. It is located south-southwest of the Hamlet of Springfield Center, New York, west of Hutter Point and Six Mile Point of Otsego Lake, and southeast of Rum Hill. Mohican Brook flows eastward along the southern edge of the hill.

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Wikidata Q30625289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
490 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77118, -74.90460

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Lake Front Park: 4.8 mi
  • Council Rock Park: 4.9 mi
  • Cooper Park: 5.1 mi
  • Cooper Grounds Park: 5.1 mi
  • Badger Park: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 3
  • The Hunter: 4.8 mi
  • Poseidon statue: 19.3 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • East Worcester Rest Area: 15.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Red House Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hooker MountainS 169°709 m12.2 mi
Pine MountainESE 123°698 m15.1 mi
Algerine HillSE 125°684 m14.8 mi
Cornish HillS 183°680 m7.8 mi
Dog HillS 170°678 m14.1 mi
Stone Quarry HillSE 131°669 m14.6 mi
Elliot HillESE 118°660 m13.4 mi
Rum HillNW 322°641 m2.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:12
June solstice05:2219:5920:42
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2815:4316:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182028415361666457463525
Precip in3.13.13.64.23.74.74.64.64.24.93.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cooperstown, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962299 — Red House Hill, Otsego County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357581780

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