Science Hill
Science Hill rises to 210 m in New York. Ripley Hill stands 604 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Seymour Lofft Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 13 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34904451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 15.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 19.8 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seymour Lofft Park: 0.6 mi
- Carpenter's Brook Fish Hatchery: 3.1 mi
- Erie Canal Park: 3.3 mi
- Cross Lake Waterway Access: 4.3 mi
- Seneca River Boat Launch: 4.4 mi
- Ashbys Pinnacle: 2.6 mi
- Preston Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pump Hill: 3.0 mi
- Berry Hump: 3.5 mi
- Cottle Hill: 4.6 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorials: 6.4 mi
- Marcellus Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Snyder Bridge Dedication Plaque: 6.8 mi
- Split Rock Rock Crusher: 10.1 mi
- Auburn Roundhouse: 10.3 mi
- Baltimore Woods Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Camillus Forest Unique Area: 8.3 mi
- Holdridge Habitat Woods: 8.6 mi
- Pumpkin Hollow: 9.7 mi
- Snow Creek Ravine: 9.7 mi
- Steadman House: 6.3 mi
- Shacksboro Museum: 9.5 mi
- Seward House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Visitor Center: 10.0 mi
- Cayuga Museum of History and Art: 10.2 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 9.8 mi
- William Seward: 9.9 mi
- Tipperary Hill Heritage Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Mountain Goat: 14.0 mi
- Walt: 14.4 mi
- Guppy Falls: 5.6 mi
- Marcellus Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lower Carpenter Falls: 16.2 mi
- Upper Carpenter Falls: 16.5 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 18.1 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 10.3 mi
- New York State Fairgrounds: 11.5 mi
- Great New York State Fair: 11.7 mi
- Onondaga Lake Parkway Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center: 14.8 mi
- James Pass Arboretum: 12.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden of Hope: 12.8 mi
- Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 13.8 mi
- South Side Garden: 15.1 mi
- E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden: 15.9 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 16.3 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 18.8 mi
- Jamesville Beach: 19.4 mi
- Oneida Shores: 21.2 mi
- Valentine's Beach: 23.2 mi
- Willow Bay: 11.5 mi
- Galster Pavilion: 19.9 mi
- Cedar Bay Pavilion: 20.4 mi
- Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Dorwin Springs: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Science Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ripley Hill | SSE 149° | 604 m | 20.0 mi |
| Preble Hill | SSE 147° | 580 m | 22.7 mi |
| Vesper Hill | SE 141° | 579 m | 20.2 mi |
| Gifford Hill | SE 146° | 576 m | 21.8 mi |
| Dutch Hill | SE 134° | 570 m | 19.2 mi |
| Meeker Hill | SE 130° | 548 m | 23.1 mi |
| Chase Hill | ESE 118° | 524 m | 24.2 mi |
| Manns Hill | SE 132° | 495 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:48 | 16:35 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357588395
Day trips start here
- Skaneateles · 6 mi
- Weedsport · 6 mi
- Auburn · 10 mi
- Syracuse · 15 mi
- Seneca Falls · 20 mi
- Wolcott · 23 mi
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