Top Notch
Top Notch rises to 381 m in New York. Windfall Mountain stands 751 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Moreland Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Top Notch is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Fairfield in Herkimer County, southeast of Fairfield.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q34813486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 381 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 2.5 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moreland Park: 2.2 mi
- Moreland Park: 2.2 mi
- Western Park: 2.2 mi
- Eastern Park: 2.3 mi
- Skinner Park: 2.4 mi
- Barto Hill: 3.9 mi
- Diamond Hill: 5.9 mi
- Shoemaker Hill: 6.5 mi
- Sweet Hill: 7.4 mi
- The Pinnacle: 7.5 mi
- Little Falls Canal Aqueduct: 2.6 mi
- Old Lock 38 Wall: 2.6 mi
- Old Lock 39 Wall: 2.7 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 36: 2.9 mi
- Nicholas Herkimer Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Moss Island: 2.7 mi
- Plantation Island Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 7.1 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 7.5 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 7.7 mi
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 2.4 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 6.8 mi
- Fort Plain Museum and Historical Park: 15.1 mi
- Childrens Museum: 18.4 mi
- Arkell Museum: 18.8 mi
- Franklin Square Alley: 18.6 mi
- Utica Mural: 18.7 mi
- Poseidon statue: 18.8 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 19.2 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 19.2 mi
- Judds Falls: 18.8 mi
- Canajoharie Falls: 19.7 mi
- Utica Tower: 18.5 mi
- Hyde Hall Covered Bridge: 19.9 mi
- Mohawk Valley Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Top Notch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windfall Mountain | NNE 25° | 751 m | 17.9 mi |
| Dead Horse Mountain | NNE 30° | 732 m | 16.9 mi |
| West Creek Mountain | NNE 30° | 719 m | 17.5 mi |
| Jerseyfield Mountain | NNE 27° | 697 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sugarbush Mountain | NNE 31° | 675 m | 18.2 mi |
| Oregon Mountain | NE 40° | 616 m | 16.7 mi |
| Cape Wykoff | SSE 167° | 604 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mosquito Hill | N 5° | 603 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:00 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 22 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Little Falls City Rsch, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593173
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