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Spruce Hill

Spruce Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Spruce Hill rises to 646 m in New York. Iroquois Peak stands 1,472 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hedgehog Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 1.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34909974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
646 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.99340, -74.12293

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 51
Waterfalls: 31
  • Millers Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Hanging Spear Falls: 10.0 mi
  • OK Slip Falls: 13.3 mi
  • MacIntyre Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 13.8 mi
Parks: 29
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 14.9 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 15.0 mi
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Byron Park: 16.0 mi
  • Courtney Park: 18.1 mi
Attractions: 16
Historic sites: 15
Nature reserves: 12
  • Tahawas Primitive Area: 7.5 mi
  • Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 15.5 mi
  • Ampersand Primitive Area: 16.6 mi
  • Heaven Hill Trails: 18.4 mi
  • Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 18.8 mi
Museums: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Park beach: 21.1 mi
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Long Beach: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Schroon Community Garden: 21.0 mi
  • Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 23.9 mi
  • Common Ground Garden: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rafting: 16.4 mi
  • Whitewater rafting: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Buttermilk Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • High Peaks Welcome Center: 20.8 mi
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Spruce Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iroquois PeakNNE 32°1,472 m11.7 mi
Mount RedfieldNE 51°1,403 m11.1 mi
Santanoni PeakN 356°1,401 m6.2 mi
Panther PeakN 356°1,358 m7.3 mi
Mount MarshallNNE 31°1,333 m10.8 mi
Allen MountainENE 59°1,312 m10.6 mi
Seymour MountainNNW 348°1,236 m11.6 mi
Mount EmmonsNNW 336°1,226 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3119:09
June solstice05:1419:5920:44
September equinox06:4418:1818:56
December solstice07:2915:3416:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151725395261656356443322
Precip in3.32.73.13.54.24.34.24.23.74.53.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966124 — Spruce Hill, Essex County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357590748

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