Ripley Hill
Ripley Hill rises to 604 m in New York. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ripley Hill Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Ripley Hill straddles the divide between the Skaneateles Lake and Otisco Lake watersheds, it is one of the highest points in Onondaga County, New York, at 1,986 feet, below the high point of Highland Forest, Fellows Hill 2019 ft and Morgan Hill at 2060 ft. Ripley Hill offers a sweeping panorama to the north and east. 109 acres (44 ha) of the hill are operated as a nature preserve by the Central New York Land Trust. Ripley Hill is near Spafford Forest, an Onondaga County preserve with hiking and dirt bike trails. The hill is accessed by a public dirt road, seasonally maintained. Adjoining property is privately owned and may be posted, especially during hunting season.
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Wikidata Q7335621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 604 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 20.9 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 26 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gifford Hill: 2.1 mi
- Vesper Hill: 2.8 mi
- Preble Hill: 2.8 mi
- Dutch Hill: 5.1 mi
- Mount Toppin: 6.3 mi
- Otisco Town Park: 5.6 mi
- Cornerstone Park: 6.6 mi
- Otisco Lake Waterway Access: 6.7 mi
- Cummings Park: 7.0 mi
- Otisco Lake Park: 7.7 mi
- Ripley Hill Nature Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Spafford Forest Coldbrook Reforestation Area: 1.0 mi
- Hinchcliff Family Preserve: 1.3 mi
- High Vista Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Cora Kampfe Dickinson Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 13.5 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 13.8 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 14.3 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 16.2 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 13.2 mi
- 1890 House: 13.7 mi
- Steadman House: 14.5 mi
- Friends of Clark Reservation State Park Nature Center: 16.0 mi
- Jamesville Community Museum: 16.3 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 2.2 mi
- Fellows Falls: 4.5 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 5.4 mi
- Tinker Falls: 10.5 mi
- Mountain Goat: 16.8 mi
- Job: 17.9 mi
- Supplicant Persephone: 17.9 mi
- Saltine Warrior: 17.9 mi
- Ernie Davis: 17.9 mi
- Leonard Property: 7.9 mi
- South Side Garden: 17.0 mi
- Morningside Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 17.7 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 17.9 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 11.0 mi
- Old Dam: 13.3 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 18.1 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 19.1 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 19.6 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 17.4 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 20.2 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 20.2 mi
- Willow Bay: 22.5 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 14.0 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 15.1 mi
- Green Lakes Beach: 23.2 mi
- Preble: 7.0 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Ripley Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill | E 91° | 618 m | 12.5 mi |
| Randall Hill | ESE 113° | 617 m | 18.5 mi |
| Truxton Hill | ESE 105° | 616 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SSE 162° | 616 m | 19.0 mi |
| Fellows Hill | E 83° | 611 m | 11.2 mi |
| Labrador Hill | E 95° | 606 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bull Hill | ESE 115° | 605 m | 16.6 mi |
| South Hill | E 101° | 604 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:04 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Heiberg Forest, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357582176
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 13 mi
- Skaneateles · 14 mi
- Syracuse · 18 mi
- Auburn · 19 mi
- Cazenovia · 22 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 23 mi
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