Tinker Hill
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.
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.
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Wikidata Q34813065, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 285 m
How to reach it
- 22.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Hill: 0.4 mi
- Spruce Hill: 0.8 mi
- Granite Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Kiah Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bryant Hill: 1.5 mi
- Granite Mountain Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Agatha A. Durland Scout Reservation: 1.9 mi
- Wiccopee Reservoir: 1.9 mi
- Open Space Institute: 3.7 mi
- Danner Family Preserve: 3.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- General Patton: 6.6 mi
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 6.6 mi
- Washington Monument: 6.7 mi
- Thayer Statue: 6.7 mi
- Arc: 9.4 mi
- Hell Hole: 9.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 16.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.1 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 17.2 mi
- Schoolhouse Museum: 2.8 mi
- Magazzino: 5.1 mi
- Boscobel House: 5.8 mi
- Putnam History Museum: 6.5 mi
- Great Buddha Hall: 6.6 mi
- Boscobel Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Haldane School Garden: 6.8 mi
- Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Garden: 11.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 13.2 mi
- Mahopac Hills Beach: 4.5 mi
- Canopus Beach: 5.3 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 11.4 mi
- Brick Beach: 12.1 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 12.8 mi
- Timp-Torne Trail: 10.5 mi
- Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 10.9 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 14.2 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 14.9 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 16.4 mi
- 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
- Princess circle picnic site: 14.4 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- Pell Hill: 15.9 mi
- Kakiat Park: 22.7 mi
- The Meadow: 23.7 mi
- 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
- Dicktown: 6.3 mi
- Doodletown: 11.1 mi
- The Silver Spring: 19.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Beacon Mountain | NW 315° | 491 m | 8.5 mi |
| North Beacon Mountain | NW 317° | 465 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | NNW 329° | 456 m | 8.7 mi |
| Lambs Hill | NW 324° | 454 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bull Hill | WNW 295° | 433 m | 7.2 mi |
| Crows Nest | W 277° | 429 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | W 270° | 429 m | 9.2 mi |
| Storm King Mountain | WNW 287° | 411 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shrub OAK, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592955
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 5 mi
- Cold Spring · 7 mi
- Highlands · 8 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 13 mi
- Stony Point · 14 mi
- Ossining · 16 mi
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