Spruce Hill
Spruce Hill rises to 281 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Putnam County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34909999, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 281 m
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Tinker Hill: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bryant Hill: 1.8 mi
- Kiah Hill: 2.1 mi
- Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 2.8 mi
- Mahopac Airport Park: 3.7 mi
- Blackberry Woods: 3.8 mi
- Kensington Woods: 3.9 mi
- Baldwin Meadows Park: 4.3 mi
- Hell Hole: 9.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 16.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.9 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 17.1 mi
- Granite Mountain Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Wiccopee Reservoir: 2.7 mi
- Danner Family Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Open Space Institute: 3.9 mi
- General Patton: 6.2 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 6.2 mi
- Washington Monument: 6.3 mi
- Thayer Statue: 6.4 mi
- Arc: 8.6 mi
- chimney: 3.0 mi
- SMASHED CHEVROLET: 5.2 mi
- Quarry: 5.7 mi
- Quarry Mine: 5.9 mi
- Kosciuszko Monument: 6.0 mi
- Schoolhouse Museum: 2.1 mi
- Magazzino: 5.1 mi
- Boscobel House: 5.6 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 6.3 mi
- MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center: 6.4 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 6.6 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 13.0 mi
- Potting Garden: 13.1 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 9.8 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 10.2 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 13.5 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 15.6 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 16.1 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 4.9 mi
- Canopus Beach: 6.0 mi
- Brick Beach: 11.4 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.9 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 12.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 17.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 18.0 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 19.8 mi
- LG waterfall: 20.5 mi
- Farms Falls: 21.3 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 14.9 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- Pell Hill: 15.9 mi
- Kakiat Park: 21.9 mi
- Dicktown: 7.1 mi
- Doodletown: 10.4 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Spruce Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | NW 320° | 491 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 333° | 456 m | 9.1 mi |
| Lambs Hill | NNW 328° | 454 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bull Hill | WNW 301° | 433 m | 7.2 mi |
| Crows Nest | WNW 282° | 429 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 275° | 429 m | 8.8 mi |
| Butter Hill | WNW 289° | 420 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hill of Pines | W 278° | 419 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966121 — Spruce Hill, Putnam County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357590736
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 5 mi
- Cold Spring · 7 mi
- Highlands · 8 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 13 mi
- Stony Point · 13 mi
- Briarcliff Manor · 16 mi
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