Virgil Mountain
Virgil Mountain rises to 643 m in New York. Greek Peak stands 637 m to the west-northwest, 0.6 miles off. Scenic Route 90 passes 10 miles off.
The story
Virgil Mountain is a mountain in the central part of the state of New York. It is located east-southeast of Virgil in Cortland County. It is the highest point in Cortland County and is ranked 28 of 62 on the list of New York county high points.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q34817750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 643 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 18.4 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 19 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ted Testa Park: 6.5 mi
- Beaudry Park: 6.9 mi
- Dryden Lake Multiple Use Area: 7.1 mi
- Municipal Water Works Nature Park: 7.6 mi
- Courthouse Park: 7.6 mi
- Greek Peak: 0.6 mi
- South Hill: 0.9 mi
- Tuller Hill: 2.5 mi
- Snyder Hill: 2.8 mi
- Underwood Hill: 6.5 mi
- Beaver Dam State Forest: 7.3 mi
- Lime Hollow Nature Center: 7.5 mi
- O.D. von Engeln Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Turkey Hill State Forest: 9.5 mi
- Yellow Barn State Forest: 10.1 mi
- Potter's Falls: 17.2 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 17.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 17.8 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 17.9 mi
- Ithaca Falls: 18.2 mi
- Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 1.3 mi
- SpecOpMfg (Gun shop): 13.3 mi
- Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 15.0 mi
- Snyder's Maple: 15.1 mi
- Incodema: 15.7 mi
- Freeville Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 11.1 mi
- Bird Feeding Garden: 15.9 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 16.9 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 17.4 mi
- 1890 House: 7.4 mi
- New York State Grange Museum: 7.9 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 18.6 mi
- Newark Valley Depot Museum: 18.6 mi
- Field School House: 18.8 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 6.6 mi
- 1939 World's Fair Flagpole: 7.7 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 17.9 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 18.7 mi
- Peter Wheeler historic marker: 20.7 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Preble: 15.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 20.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 22.9 mi
- Cheningo Day Use Area: 13.3 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 18.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 18.9 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Virgil Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greek Peak | WNW 294° | 637 m | 0.6 mi |
| South Hill | NW 309° | 635 m | 0.9 mi |
| Randall Hill | NE 42° | 617 m | 17.9 mi |
| Tuller Hill | NNE 16° | 616 m | 2.5 mi |
| Truxton Hill | N 10° | 616 m | 18.6 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | WSW 246° | 612 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bull Hill | NE 36° | 605 m | 16.8 mi |
| Allen Hill | NE 45° | 603 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 968569 — Virgil Mountain, Cortland County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357594585
Day trips start here
- Cortland · 8 mi
- Ithaca · 19 mi
- Trumansburg · 27 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 28 mi
Take the scenic way to Virgil Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.