Severance Hill
Severance Hill rises to 474 m in New York. Hoffman Mountain stands 1,129 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34905481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 474 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 15.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 15.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 15.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 12 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 19 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 19 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gull Pond Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Moxham Point: 12.6 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Jones Hill: 1.3 mi
- Smith Hill: 1.5 mi
- Dirgylot Hill: 1.8 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.0 mi
- Owls Head: 2.3 mi
- Schroon Falls: 2.4 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 15.0 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 16.3 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 17.0 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 17.3 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 5.8 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 9.9 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 12.5 mi
- Lake George Land Conservancy: 15.7 mi
- Cook mountain: 16.7 mi
- Bandstand Park: 2.2 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 5.3 mi
- Courtney Park: 10.5 mi
- Town of Horicon: 13.3 mi
- Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 14.9 mi
- Bandstand: 2.2 mi
- Liberty Monument: 16.6 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 17.6 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 18.7 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 17.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 19.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Island: 20.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 20.2 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 12.1 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 12.9 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 17.3 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 19.4 mi
- Park beach: 2.3 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 15.9 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 16.4 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 17.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 19.4 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 9.3 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 16.0 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 19.1 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 21.3 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 21.6 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 19.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 10.6 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 16.6 mi
- Tahawus: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Severance Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Mountain | NW 321° | 1,129 m | 3.9 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,052 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bailey Hill | WNW 294° | 931 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sand Pond Mountain | NW 309° | 893 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pharoah Mountain | ESE 122° | 772 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pharaoh Mountain | ESE 122° | 772 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hornet Cobbles | NW 320° | 727 m | 6.0 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNW 341° | 692 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 964875 — Severance Hill, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357588987
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 17 mi
- Lake George · 20 mi
- Elizabethtown · 24 mi
- Westport · 27 mi
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