West Hill
West Hill rises to 517 m in New York. Irish Hill stands 599 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Two Rivers State Park Recreation Area, a park 1.5 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Chemung County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34819449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 517 m
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Two Rivers State Park Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Waverly Glen Park: 2.3 mi
- Pershing Park: 2.6 mi
- Palmer Park: 2.7 mi
- Shephard Park: 2.7 mi
- Glory Hill: 1.6 mi
- Tilman Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tallmadge Hill: 2.3 mi
- Spanish Hill: 3.2 mi
- Bogart Hill: 3.8 mi
- War Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Protection of the Flag Monument: 6.6 mi
- Newtown Battlefield Monument: 9.2 mi
- Chemung County's First Traffic Fatality Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Elmira Police Memorial: 13.4 mi
- S.R.A.C. Susquehanna River Archaeological Center: 2.9 mi
- Sayre Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Tioga Point Museum: 6.6 mi
- Ashland Historical Society: 10.9 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 12.3 mi
- Maple Hill State Forest: 4.1 mi
- Wildwood Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Tanglewood Nature Center: 17.1 mi
- Cliffside State Forest: 17.2 mi
- Plymouth Woods Nature Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Labrador Duck: 12.7 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 13.4 mi
- Thomas K. Beecher Statue: 13.4 mi
- Olivia Langdon: 13.8 mi
- Mark Twain: 13.8 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Devils Elbow: 11.6 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 17.1 mi
- Luther's Mills Covered Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Laporte House: 24.5 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 20.2 mi
- Railroad Springs: 22.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 24.5 mi
- Lucifer Falls: 24.8 mi
- Round Top Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of West Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Hill | NNW 342° | 599 m | 16.7 mi |
| Seely Hill | N 2° | 582 m | 17.6 mi |
| Thompson Hill | WSW 238° | 573 m | 13.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | WSW 246° | 572 m | 16.1 mi |
| Rowley Hill | WSW 243° | 570 m | 17.0 mi |
| Red Chalk Hill | NNW 332° | 569 m | 15.0 mi |
| Varney Hill | NNW 332° | 562 m | 17.0 mi |
| Park Hill | NNW 338° | 559 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waverly, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 969253 — West Hill, Chemung County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357595695
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- Watkins Glen · 28 mi
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