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Tower Hill

Tower Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tower Hill rises to 403 m in New York. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the east, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Green, a park 3.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in New York, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34813805, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
403 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.79648, -73.63290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 41
Gardens: 23
  • Innisfree Garden: 6.6 mi
  • The Wild Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Vanderbilt Gardens: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 22
  • East Cove Beach: 16.3 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 16.3 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Private Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Esopus Meadows Beach: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Attractions: 17
  • wings castle: 3.9 mi
  • Dover Stone Church: 4.6 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 14.1 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 17.4 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 15.6 mi
  • Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 15.6 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 15.7 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 15.9 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 17.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ellsworth HillE473 m9.3 mi
Preston HillSE442 m8.4 mi
North Preston HillSE441 m8.1 mi
Skiff MountainE431 m9.6 mi
Silver MountainNNE427 m9.7 mi
Cobble MountainE426 m6.9 mi
Clove MountainSSW426 m8.1 mi
Chapel Pond HillSE426 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2119:5120:34
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1915:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357593232

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