Taft Hill
Taft Hill rises to 287 m in New York. Frost Hill stands 696 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodchuck Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34811477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 287 m
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 25 mi
- Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodchuck Hill: 1.2 mi
- Allens Hill: 2.9 mi
- Oak Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Baptist Hill: 4.7 mi
- Hopper Hills: 4.8 mi
- Elton Park: 3.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 4.9 mi
- Boughton Park: 5.2 mi
- Mark Tubbs Park: 5.4 mi
- Sandy Bottom Park: 6.3 mi
- Bloomfield Civil War Monument: 3.9 mi
- War Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Pabos Burial Site: 9.2 mi
- Roundhouse: 11.9 mi
- Peter James Cannon Memorial Rock: 13.0 mi
- Heber C. Kimball: 6.0 mi
- Tomlinson Inn: 6.0 mi
- Jhon P. Green: 6.1 mi
- Solomon F. Kimball Home: 6.2 mi
- Roswell Murray home site: 6.3 mi
- FLTG Golfball: 8.9 mi
- Elmer: 13.8 mi
- A Horse of a Different Color: 14.4 mi
- Artwork Building: 14.4 mi
- American Eagle: 15.0 mi
- Twin Cedars Environmental Area: 8.3 mi
- Sibleyville Nature Reserve: 8.4 mi
- Canandaigua Vista Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Burroughs Audubon Nature Club: 10.5 mi
- Wesley Hill Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Tennie Burton Museum: 5.7 mi
- Honeoye Falls -Town of Mendon Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Seneca Art & Culture Center at Ganondagan: 7.5 mi
- Bark Longhouse: 7.5 mi
- Valentown Museum: 10.8 mi
- Honeoye Falls Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 12.7 mi
- Noth Entrance/Exit Lane Turf Area Customer Parking Area: 12.7 mi
- Windscreen Island #6: 12.7 mi
- North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 12.7 mi
- Honeoye Falls: 6.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.3 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 13.0 mi
- Reynolds Gully Falls: 15.1 mi
- Postcard Falls: 17.4 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 12.3 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 12.4 mi
- Bristol Harbour Beach: 12.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 12.6 mi
- High Point: 17.0 mi
- Geneseo Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Mount Morris Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Taft Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost Hill | SSE 164° | 696 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gannett Hill | SSE 158° | 690 m | 13.3 mi |
| Canadice Hill | S 183° | 671 m | 13.7 mi |
| Cleveland Hill | SSE 163° | 671 m | 14.5 mi |
| Worden Hill | SSE 158° | 666 m | 10.9 mi |
| High Point Hill | SSE 169° | 659 m | 16.3 mi |
| Quail Hill | SSE 167° | 654 m | 11.0 mi |
| Stid Hill | SE 146° | 635 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:10 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:53 | 16:39 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Honeoye, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2364571 — Taft Hill, Ontario County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357631499
Day trips start here
- Canandaigua · 11 mi
- Farmington · 12 mi
- Palmyra · 19 mi
- Newark · 24 mi
- Finger Lakes · 26 mi
- Geneva · 27 mi
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