Watkins Hill
Watkins Hill rises to 400 m in New York. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Falls, a waterfall 1.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34818979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 400 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 19 mi
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- LaFayette Park: 2.1 mi
- Harbor Park: 2.1 mi
- Marina Park: 2.4 mi
- Shequaga Falls Park: 2.6 mi
- Clute Park: 2.7 mi
- Baker Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sugar Hill: 4.6 mi
- Foots Hill: 6.2 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 6.2 mi
- Huey Hill: 6.2 mi
- Coon Hollow State Forest: 5.6 mi
- Texas Hollow State Forest: 6.7 mi
- Martin Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Beaver Dams State Forest: 7.8 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 12.8 mi
- Schuyler County Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Horseheads Historical Society: 13.8 mi
- Big Flats Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- National Soaring Museum: 16.4 mi
- Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum: 16.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.3 mi
- Central Cascade: 1.4 mi
- Aunt Sarah's Falls: 2.2 mi
- Shequaga Falls: 2.6 mi
- Soaring Capital of America: 14.1 mi
- Preemption Line: 16.4 mi
- Curtis Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Painted Post Monument: 17.1 mi
- Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Seneca Lake Pier House: 2.2 mi
- Muddy Fingers Farm: 11.5 mi
- Hunt's Christmas Tree Farm In The Finger Lakes: 14.0 mi
- Rue Claire Lavender Farm and Artisan Chocolate: 14.6 mi
- Remembrance Farm: 16.0 mi
- Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 16.8 mi
- Glass Blower: 16.9 mi
- Artemus: 16.9 mi
- The Critic: 16.9 mi
- Metal Abstract: 18.4 mi
- Ithaca Children's Garden: 20.5 mi
- Alpha Phi Alpha memorial garden: 21.9 mi
- Farrand Garden: 22.1 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 22.2 mi
- Minn's Garden: 22.3 mi
- Glen Cathedral: 1.4 mi
- Castle Point: 15.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 19.9 mi
- Mossy Bank: 21.4 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 21.5 mi
- Erwin Text Zone / Parking Area: 16.6 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Kanona Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 18.8 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Watkins Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut Hill | E 81° | 638 m | 11.9 mi |
| Irish Hill | ESE 116° | 599 m | 13.7 mi |
| Doll Hill | E 95° | 596 m | 13.0 mi |
| Buck Hill | ENE 76° | 594 m | 11.5 mi |
| Rogers Hill | ENE 77° | 586 m | 7.4 mi |
| Quackenbush Hill | SSW 200° | 580 m | 12.5 mi |
| Martin Hill | S 191° | 579 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Washington | W 276° | 577 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:53 | 16:39 |
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 | 24 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mecklenburg 4SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357595307
Day trips start here
- Watkins Glen · 2 mi
- Southern Tier · 17 mi
- Trumansburg · 17 mi
- Ithaca · 21 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 23 mi
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