South Hill
South Hill rises to 581 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Underwood Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Cortland County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34833956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 581 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 21.0 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 23 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dexter Park: 4.7 mi
- Yaman Park: 4.8 mi
- Grange Museum: 5.1 mi
- Courthouse Park: 5.3 mi
- Ted Testa Park: 5.3 mi
- Underwood Hill: 1.2 mi
- Hicks Hill: 2.7 mi
- Case Hill: 3.4 mi
- Snyder Hill: 3.5 mi
- Tuller Hill: 3.9 mi
- Donahue Woods State Forest: 6.2 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 8.9 mi
- Dog Hollow State Forest: 8.9 mi
- Maxon Creek State Forest: 11.6 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Spicer Falls: 12.8 mi
- Chippewa Falls: 13.5 mi
- Tinker Falls: 14.7 mi
- Fellows Falls: 17.3 mi
- Bucktail Falls: 19.1 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Leonard Property: 14.5 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 14.7 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 20.0 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 21.5 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 5.1 mi
- 1890 House: 5.5 mi
- Pioneer Museum: 19.5 mi
- Field School House: 21.7 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 23.2 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 5.7 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 16.8 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 17.8 mi
- Snyder's Maple: 17.8 mi
- Millard Fillmore's Cabin: 19.2 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 5.8 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 12.8 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 21.6 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 22.4 mi
- All Veterans Memorial: 23.1 mi
- Preble: 10.4 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 23.5 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 24.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of South Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SSW 209° | 643 m | 6.3 mi |
| Greek Peak | SW 214° | 637 m | 6.4 mi |
| South Hill | SW 217° | 635 m | 6.2 mi |
| Morgan Hill | NNE 17° | 618 m | 15.3 mi |
| Randall Hill | NE 49° | 617 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tuller Hill | SW 218° | 616 m | 3.9 mi |
| Truxton Hill | N 1° | 616 m | 12.7 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | SW 230° | 612 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357590201
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 5 mi
- Ithaca · 23 mi
- Cazenovia · 27 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 29 mi
- Trumansburg · 30 mi
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