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Rider Hill

Rider Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rider Hill rises to 193 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the west, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Collaberg Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34830199, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
193 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.22704, -74.03097

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Brickhead Truth: 4.4 mi
  • Arc: 6.4 mi
  • River Arch: 9.6 mi
  • Tappan Zee: 11.5 mi
  • Approach: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 60
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 4.7 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 5.1 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 5.2 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 8.4 mi
  • Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 9.1 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 59
  • Scenic Overlook: 3.0 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 5.7 mi
  • Hell Hole: 7.0 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 7.4 mi
  • Pulpit: 7.7 mi
Museums: 59
Beaches: 31
Picnic sites: 13
  • Kakiat Park: 7.1 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Duck Pond Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Area B: 19.5 mi
  • Area C: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Otter Hole: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Rider Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Rock MountainW 280°421 m5.4 mi
Fingerboard MountainNW 305°420 m4.6 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthWNW 294°417 m4.9 mi
Bradley MountainNW 317°416 m5.1 mi
South Stockbridge MountainNW 325°411 m5.2 mi
Hogencamp MountainWNW 288°407 m4.9 mi
Stockbridge MountainNNW 335°402 m5.7 mi
Island Pond MountainWNW 295°398 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357582085

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