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Starkweather Hill

Starkweather Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Starkweather Hill rises to 776 m in New York. East Mary Smith Hill stands 896 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Colchester Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 15 miles off.

The story

Starkweather Hill is a mountain located in the Catskill Mountains of New York east-southeast of Walton, New York, and likewise a hill located in the Hidden Hills of Massachusetts west-southwest of Worthington Corners and west-northwest of Worthington Center, Massachusetts, which was named for a noted settler upon it, the Hon. Dr. Ezra Starkweather, colonial physician, revolutionary war soldier, and later a state legislator, but which refers today to one prominence on a ridgeline massif known as West Hill that is situated at north latitude 42 degrees, 24 minutes, 22 seconds and west longitude 72 degrees, 57 minutes, 42 seconds, within the Fox Den State Wildlife Management Area, and is approached from the southeast by Starkweather Hill Road.

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Wikidata Q34930047, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
776 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12786, -75.05100

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 38
Museums: 7
  • Roscoe O&W Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Hancock-Chehocton Historical Society: 16.8 mi
  • Deposit Historical Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Hanford Mills Museum: 22.1 mi
  • Oneonta History Centre: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Russell Brook Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Tompkins Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Jensen Cascade: 18.6 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Stratton Falls: 24.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Handen Covered Bridge: 5.7 mi
  • Cat Hollow Legend: 7.0 mi
  • Coykendall Lodge (Ruin): 19.7 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • White Rock: 4.5 mi
  • VanTran Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • East Branch Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • Roscoe: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Beamoc Trout: 15.2 mi
  • statue of liberty replica: 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Piped Spring: 20.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Starkweather Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Mary Smith HillESE 119°896 m13.6 mi
Mary Smith HillESE 117°846 m12.6 mi
Brock MountainSE 126°841 m9.8 mi
Craig HillENE 58°811 m12.1 mi
Cherry RidgeSSE 150°801 m9.2 mi
Cherry RidgeSSE 150°793 m8.3 mi
Prospect HillENE 58°783 m4.6 mi
Brock MountainSE 125°766 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:2519:5820:40
September equinox06:4818:2218:59
December solstice07:2615:4716:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445664696761493828

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 966258 — Starkweather Hill, Delaware County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357590983

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