Turkey Hill
Turkey Hill rises to 500 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Hill State Forest, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tioga County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34814714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 500 m
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 20 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nanticoke Lake Multiple Use Area: 2.8 mi
- Greenwood Park: 5.2 mi
- Newark Valley Village Green: 8.5 mi
- Trout Ponds Park: 8.8 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 10.3 mi
- Nixon Hill: 4.4 mi
- Hammond Hill: 9.8 mi
- King Hill: 9.9 mi
- Star Stanton Hill: 10.0 mi
- Virgil Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Turkey Hill State Forest: 1.0 mi
- Beaver Dam State Forest: 3.1 mi
- Fairfield State Forest: 7.7 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 8.5 mi
- Snyder's Maple: 11.2 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 11.2 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 11.5 mi
- Incodema: 14.6 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 4.0 mi
- Castle Creek Memorial: 14.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 16.4 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 17.1 mi
- Tioga County Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Newark Valley Depot Museum: 8.4 mi
- 1890 House: 17.5 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 17.8 mi
- Tioga County Historical Society Museum: 17.8 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 18.2 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 15.7 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 17.8 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 18.1 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 18.1 mi
- Potter's Falls: 16.8 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 18.5 mi
- Rocky Falls: 18.7 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 18.8 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 19.1 mi
- Johnson City Square Deal Arch: 17.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 19.3 mi
- Pegasus Statue: 19.8 mi
- Reclining Figure on Pedestal: 19.9 mi
- Falling Man: 19.9 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 17.9 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 19.3 mi
- Devils Elbow: 20.8 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 8.1 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 14.0 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 20.3 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Turkey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | N 2° | 643 m | 10.4 mi |
| Greek Peak | N 360° | 637 m | 10.6 mi |
| South Hill | N 359° | 635 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tuller Hill | N 5° | 616 m | 12.8 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | NW 315° | 612 m | 10.0 mi |
| Hammond Hill | NW 310° | 598 m | 9.8 mi |
| Beam Hill | NW 316° | 594 m | 11.2 mi |
| Snyder Hill | N 9° | 591 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:50 | 16:36 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca 13 E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593593
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 18 mi
- Ithaca · 19 mi
- Trumansburg · 29 mi
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