South Hill
South Hill rises to 635 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the southeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Greek Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Cortland County, New York, United States
Wikidata Q34833940, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 635 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 17.7 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 18 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greek Peak: 0.4 mi
- Virgil Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Tuller Hill: 2.3 mi
- Snyder Hill: 2.9 mi
- Simms Hill: 5.9 mi
- Ted Testa Park: 5.8 mi
- Beaudry Park: 6.2 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 6.6 mi
- Municipal Water Works Nature Park: 6.8 mi
- Courthouse Park: 6.9 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 6.6 mi
- Beaver Dam State Forest: 8.0 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 9.6 mi
- Turkey Hill State Forest: 10.0 mi
- Potter's Falls: 16.7 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 17.0 mi
- Rocky Falls: 17.2 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 17.3 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 17.6 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 10.3 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.2 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.2 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 0.6 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 14.2 mi
- Incodema: 15.3 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 15.9 mi
- Snyder's Maple: 16.0 mi
- 1890 House: 6.7 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 7.2 mi
- Field School House: 18.0 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 18.0 mi
- Sciencenter: 18.2 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 7.0 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 7.1 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 17.2 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 17.3 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 17.9 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Preble: 14.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 19.5 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 22.8 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 18.4 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 18.6 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of South Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | SE 129° | 643 m | 0.9 mi |
| Greek Peak | SSE 151° | 637 m | 0.4 mi |
| Randall Hill | NE 45° | 617 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tuller Hill | NE 37° | 616 m | 2.3 mi |
| Truxton Hill | NNE 13° | 616 m | 18.1 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | WSW 240° | 612 m | 7.8 mi |
| Labrador Hill | NNE 14° | 606 m | 19.7 mi |
| Bull Hill | NE 39° | 605 m | 16.8 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 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 965776 — South Hill, Cortland County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590197
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 7 mi
- Ithaca · 18 mi
- Trumansburg · 26 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 27 mi
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