Tower Hill
Tower Hill rises to 275 m in New York. Black Rock Mountain stands 421 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Western Highlands Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Orange County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34813827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 275 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.6 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinwheel Vista · 13 mi
- Park Avenue Observatory · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fox Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cairn Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Smith Rock: 1.3 mi
- Black Ash Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Augusta Furnace: 0.8 mi
- Camp buildings: 2.9 mi
- Southfields Furnace: 3.1 mi
- Sloatsburg Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- Ranger Cabin: 4.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 0.9 mi
- Quary Field: 0.9 mi
- Tuxedo Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Louis E Euvard Memorial Field: 1.7 mi
- Dater Mountain County Park: 2.6 mi
- New York Renaissance Faire: 3.4 mi
- Bowling Rocks: 4.2 mi
- Ringwood Manor: 5.8 mi
- Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 7.9 mi
- Lockheed Constellation: 9.6 mi
- Claudius Smith Den: 1.5 mi
- Pulpit: 3.9 mi
- Crumbling Under Pressure: 4.4 mi
- Gravitas Wall: 4.4 mi
- Party Wall: 4.4 mi
- Suffern Railroad Museum: 6.6 mi
- Mahwah Museum: 8.3 mi
- Blauvelt Homestead: 11.0 mi
- History Center Museum: 11.0 mi
- Hopper-Goetschius House Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mount Peter Hawk Watch Trailway: 5.5 mi
- Wanaque Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Highlands Meadow: 7.9 mi
- Gurnee Park: 8.4 mi
- Jerry Wyckoff Natural Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Eagles: 6.2 mi
- Diana: 6.2 mi
- Swan Boy: 6.3 mi
- Four Continents Statues: 6.5 mi
- Power Teach: 9.5 mi
- Daffodil Hill: 6.1 mi
- Barberry Collection: 6.2 mi
- Winter Garden: 6.2 mi
- Annual Garden: 6.2 mi
- Moraine Garden: 6.2 mi
- New Sebago Beach: 3.1 mi
- Old Sebago Beach: 3.2 mi
- Upper Greenwood Lake Beach: 9.5 mi
- Ten Eycks Beach: 11.5 mi
- Wawayanda Beach: 12.4 mi
- Reservable Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Kakiat Park: 5.9 mi
- Duck Pond Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Rea House Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Two Field Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Mine Hole Falls: 7.4 mi
- MacMillan Brook Falls: 8.9 mi
- Chikahoki Falls: 13.5 mi
- Otter Hole: 13.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.8 mi
- Monksville: 8.1 mi
- Doodletown: 11.7 mi
- New City Village: 16.7 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Mountain | NE 54° | 421 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain North | NE 51° | 417 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hogencamp Mountain | NE 53° | 407 m | 4.6 mi |
| Island Pond Mountain | NE 41° | 398 m | 4.9 mi |
| Surebridge Mountain | NE 47° | 391 m | 4.5 mi |
| Tom Jones Mountain | ENE 65° | 387 m | 2.9 mi |
| Echo Mountain | NE 40° | 387 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rockhouse Mountain | ENE 68° | 387 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:47 | 16:32 |
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 | 29 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanaque Raymond DAM, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 967689 — Tower Hill, Orange County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357593229
Day trips start here
- Suffern · 7 mi
- Monsey · 9 mi
- Rockland County · 9 mi
- Spring Valley · 10 mi
- Stony Point · 10 mi
- New City · 11 mi
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