Simms Hill
Simms Hill rises to 489 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is O.D. von Engeln Preserve, a nature reserve 2.6 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34832752, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 489 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 11.9 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 13 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Time Square: 2.9 mi
- Montgomery Park: 3.0 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 4.4 mi
- Groton Ave Park: 4.5 mi
- Mill Dam Park: 4.7 mi
- Beam Hill: 5.0 mi
- Star Stanton Hill: 5.7 mi
- Yellow Barn Hill: 5.8 mi
- South Hill: 5.9 mi
- Greek Peak: 6.2 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Genung Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 6.1 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Emilie Jonas Falls: 12.0 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 12.1 mi
- Rocky Falls: 12.3 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 12.3 mi
- Potter's Falls: 12.4 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 5.9 mi
- Incodema: 11.7 mi
- Old Dam: 13.3 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 14.2 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 14.6 mi
- 1890 House: 6.4 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 7.3 mi
- Field School House: 12.2 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 13.2 mi
- Sciencenter: 13.3 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 4.7 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 10.0 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 11.6 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 12.0 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 6.4 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 10.1 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 12.1 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 12.4 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 14.0 mi
- Preble: 14.5 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 15.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 20.2 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 16.0 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 23.4 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 13.5 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 16.4 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Simms Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | ESE 109° | 643 m | 6.8 mi |
| Greek Peak | ESE 109° | 637 m | 6.2 mi |
| South Hill | ESE 107° | 635 m | 5.9 mi |
| Randall Hill | ENE 59° | 617 m | 21.4 mi |
| Tuller Hill | E 89° | 616 m | 7.1 mi |
| Truxton Hill | NNE 31° | 616 m | 18.7 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SSW 191° | 612 m | 5.7 mi |
| Labrador Hill | NNE 31° | 606 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:04 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357589628
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 7 mi
- Ithaca · 13 mi
- Trumansburg · 20 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 21 mi
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