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Spy Hill

Spy Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Spy Hill rises to 114 m in New York. Hilltop stands 862 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballentine Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34910281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
114 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.68370, -73.88097

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ballentine Field: 0.5 mi
  • Vassar's Back Yard: 0.7 mi
  • Greenvale Park: 0.9 mi
  • Greenvale Park: 0.9 mi
  • Greenvale Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
  • World War Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Fallen Fire Fighters Memorials: 2.5 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • William W Smith Memorial: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Dutchess County Map: 3.3 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 3.7 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 5.2 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 46
Cliffs: 34
Waterfalls: 27
  • LG waterfall: 2.9 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 16.4 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 24
Beaches: 21
  • Berean Park Beach: 5.6 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 10.3 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Private Beach: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 11.6 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 11.6 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 12.5 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 12.7 mi
  • wings castle: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Spy Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopNW 322°862 m7.7 mi
South Beacon MountainSSW 193°491 m14.4 mi
North Beacon MountainSSW 194°465 m13.9 mi
Bald HillS 188°456 m12.7 mi
Lambs HillS 191°454 m13.3 mi
Clove MountainE 88°426 m9.7 mi
Dennis HillE 98°416 m13.3 mi
Mount EgbertSE 130°405 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2015:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068737264524233
Precip in3.52.83.53.93.54.64.54.34.64.63.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966155 — Spy Hill, Dutchess County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357590816

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