Waldo Hill
Waldo Hill rises to 292 m in New York. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Friends of Great Swamp, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34818472, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 292 m
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Friends of Great Swamp: 1.4 mi
- West Mountain State Forest: 1.7 mi
- Pawling Nature Reserve: 2.1 mi
- Leather Hill Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Spring Lake Road: 4.6 mi
- Town of Dover: 2.6 mi
- Edward R Murrow Park: 4.2 mi
- Towne Center Park: 4.9 mi
- Tymor Park: 5.7 mi
- Depot Hill Multiple Use Area: 5.8 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 5.6 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 5.8 mi
- Jim Hulton: 6.8 mi
- Mill Ruins: 12.8 mi
- Sybil Ludington Statue: 14.7 mi
- Mullin Hill: 1.8 mi
- West Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Corbin Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Dennis Hill: 2.5 mi
- Northrop House: 6.1 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 10.0 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 10.1 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 11.2 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 14.0 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 6.6 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 7.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.8 mi
- North Beach: 12.1 mi
- South Beach: 12.5 mi
- Personal Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 12.2 mi
- Judea Garden: 14.0 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 15.9 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 16.0 mi
- greek letter pi: 16.4 mi
- Lesser Evil: 17.2 mi
- Jean Widmark: 17.4 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 18.5 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 18.6 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 8.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.9 mi
- New Preston Falls: 12.8 mi
- Kent Falls: 13.8 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 7.7 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 9.1 mi
- New Milford Tank: 10.1 mi
- Indian village: 14.1 mi
- Mine Hill National Historic Landmark: 14.2 mi
- Kelly Slide: 8.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 8.3 mi
- Grand Staircase: 8.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 16.4 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Dicktown: 14.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.7 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 5.6 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 16.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Waldo Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Hill | NE 35° | 442 m | 7.0 mi |
| North Preston Hill | NNE 33° | 441 m | 7.7 mi |
| Clove Mountain | NW 310° | 426 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | NE 38° | 426 m | 7.8 mi |
| Dennis Hill | NW 321° | 416 m | 2.5 mi |
| Observatory Hill | SE 134° | 405 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Egbert | SW 229° | 405 m | 6.7 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | NE 43° | 404 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357594701
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 16 mi
- Cold Spring · 23 mi
- Highlands · 28 mi
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