Rift Hill
Rift Hill rises to 659 m in New York. South Pond Mountain stands 993 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34830213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 659 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 1.7 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 18.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 21.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 1 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 12 mi
- view east · 20 mi
- Scenic View · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cave Hill: 0.8 mi
- Burnham Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Oak Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Page Hill: 2.0 mi
- Christine Falls: 1.2 mi
- Austin Falls: 2.8 mi
- Auger Falls: 5.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 6.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 6.6 mi
- Echo Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Wayout Wall: 17.8 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 18.2 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 19.0 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 5.1 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 7.2 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 16.3 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 17.4 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 18.0 mi
- shuffle board: 1.7 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 8.6 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 11.9 mi
- Byron Park: 19.1 mi
- Waterfront Park: 21.3 mi
- Mini Route 66: 1.6 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 18.4 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 21.6 mi
- Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 23.0 mi
- paint mine: 18.7 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 18.7 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 23.0 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 23.7 mi
- Frank Watkins: 24.9 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 21.7 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 23.2 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 23.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
- Long Beach: 12.8 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 21.3 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 6.6 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 11.6 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 9.0 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 21.3 mi
- Iron Cross: 22.8 mi
- Rafting: 19.0 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 21.2 mi
- Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 13.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Rift Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pond Mountain | NE 46° | 993 m | 7.9 mi |
| Dug Mountain | N 353° | 980 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hamilton Mountain | SSW 194° | 980 m | 7.0 mi |
| Swart Mountain | SSW 197° | 933 m | 8.3 mi |
| Macomber Mountain | E 91° | 891 m | 4.7 mi |
| Speculator Mountain | S 187° | 882 m | 3.5 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | E 83° | 877 m | 5.6 mi |
| Blue Hills | ENE 71° | 877 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:38 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962516 — Rift Hill, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582140
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