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Taft Hill

Taft Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.87778, -77.50750

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
Attractions
  • 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
Artworks
Museums: 36
  • 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
Gardens: 31
  • 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
Waterfalls: 13
  • 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
Beaches: 3
  • Kershaw Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 12.4 mi
  • Bristol Harbour Beach: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frost HillSSE 164°696 m12.0 mi
Gannett HillSSE 158°690 m13.3 mi
Canadice HillS 183°671 m13.7 mi
Cleveland HillSSE 163°671 m14.5 mi
Worden HillSSE 158°666 m10.9 mi
High Point HillSSE 169°659 m16.3 mi
Quail HillSSE 167°654 m11.0 mi
Stid HillSE 146°635 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:22
June solstice05:3220:1020:53
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3815:5316:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455765696861514031
Precip in2.21.92.73.13.24.14.33.73.23.62.72.6

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

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