Ross Hill
Ross Hill rises to 415 m in New York. Irish Hill stands 599 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is East Whitcomb Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34830862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 415 m
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barton Park: 3.4 mi
- Ransom Park: 3.6 mi
- Kirby Park: 4.7 mi
- Livingston Park: 6.9 mi
- Marvin Park: 7.1 mi
- East Whitcomb Hill: 0.6 mi
- Poverty Knob: 0.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.4 mi
- Bogart Hill: 5.7 mi
- Wildwood Nature Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Maple Hill State Forest: 10.7 mi
- Apalachin Marsh: 11.9 mi
- Waterman Conservation Education Center: 12.2 mi
- Oakley Corners State Forest: 14.3 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Monument: 7.7 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 7.8 mi
- War Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Hickories Park Founding Plaque: 9.4 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 7.6 mi
- S.R.A.C. Susquehanna River Archaeological Center: 8.7 mi
- Sayre Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Tioga Point Museum: 10.6 mi
- Johnson City Square Deal Arch: 18.2 mi
- Labrador Duck: 19.9 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 20.5 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 20.5 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 20.8 mi
- West Endicott Park Carousel: 17.2 mi
- George W. Johnson Park Carousel: 18.5 mi
- Highland Park Carousel: 19.7 mi
- Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Incodema: 22.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 23.2 mi
- Potter's Falls: 23.4 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 23.8 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 23.8 mi
- Devils Elbow: 3.8 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 14.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 23.4 mi
- Campus Garden: 21.9 mi
- Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 22.1 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 6.6 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 16.3 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Ross Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Hill | NW 316° | 599 m | 18.3 mi |
| Seely Hill | NNW 335° | 582 m | 16.5 mi |
| Cork Hill | ESE 110° | 577 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 8° | 570 m | 18.4 mi |
| Red Chalk Hill | NW 306° | 569 m | 18.0 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 337° | 561 m | 16.8 mi |
| Park Hill | NW 305° | 559 m | 14.4 mi |
| Dawes Hill | NNW 336° | 552 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waverly, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 962940 — Ross Hill, Tioga County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582907
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 25 mi
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