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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Freeville Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 10.3 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.2 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 16.4 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 16.8 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
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 17.3 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 17.9 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 19.9 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 20.1 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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