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Tinker Hill

Tinker Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tinker Hill rises to 285 m in New York. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

Tinker Hill is a summit in Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York. It has an elevation of 935 feet (285 m). The hill was named for the fact that a jack of all trades, or a "tinkering" man, settled there ca. 1800.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34813065, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
285 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.39398, -73.82930

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mahopac Airport Park: 3.4 mi
  • Leonard Wagner aka Putnam Valley Town Park: 3.5 mi
  • Baldwin Meadows Park: 4.3 mi
  • Blackberry Woods: 4.5 mi
  • Kensington Woods: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 58
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites: 55
  • chimney: 3.1 mi
  • SMASHED CHEVROLET: 5.8 mi
  • Connecticut Line: 6.2 mi
  • Boring Mill Backshot Wheel: 6.3 mi
  • Kosciuszko Monument: 6.4 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 35
  • Boscobel Gardens: 5.8 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Potting Garden: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 15
Attractions: 13
Waterfalls: 7
  • Upper Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 19.1 mi
  • LG waterfall: 20.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.0 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Tinker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainNW491 m8.5 mi
North Beacon MountainNW465 m8.9 mi
Bald HillNNW456 m8.7 mi
Lambs HillNW454 m8.7 mi
Bull HillWNW433 m7.2 mi
Crows NestW429 m8.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillW429 m9.2 mi
Butter HillWNW420 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2319:5120:33
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1915:4516:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967727264534233
Precip in3.63.04.43.94.34.54.74.34.64.63.74.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357592955

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