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Vail Hill

Vail Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Vail Hill rises to 221 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolph Pond State Forest, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 0.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34816731, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
221 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.47285, -73.44983

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves: 36
Historic sites: 36
Cliffs: 23
  • New Buck: 7.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.7 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 9.1 mi
  • Ark Wall: 9.4 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 12.2 mi
Museums: 20
  • Skenesborough Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Hartford Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Pember Library and Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Slate Valley Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Bolton Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 13.5 mi
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 13.6 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 13.7 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 13.8 mi
  • Frankie's Mine Train: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 9
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Artworks: 3
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 11.2 mi
  • Mandala II: 16.4 mi
  • For Euler: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Arboretum: 13.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 11.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Vail Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNNW 336°805 m10.1 mi
Erebus MountainNW 324°765 m8.8 mi
Sleeping BeautyNW 320°715 m7.7 mi
Buck MountainWNW 294°711 m8.0 mi
Fivemile MountainNNW 331°688 m13.2 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNW 332°680 m13.4 mi
Pilot KnobW 278°658 m7.9 mi
Spruce MountainN 354°604 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:1419:5520:39
September equinox06:4218:1518:53
December solstice07:2415:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357594229

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