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Whitehead Hill

Whitehead Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Whitehead Hill rises to 488 m in New York. West Hill stands 647 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Birdseye Hollow Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34820411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
488 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.40146, -77.11136

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Birdseye Hollow Park: 2.9 mi
  • Champlin Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Depot Park: 5.5 mi
  • Sugar Hill Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
  • Liberty Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 31
Museums: 16
  • Greyton H. Taylor Wine Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Glenn H. Curtiss Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Finger Lakes Boating Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Narcissa Prentiss House: 11.9 mi
  • Schuyler County Historical Society: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Seneca Lake Pier House: 12.2 mi
  • Muddy Fingers Farm: 15.5 mi
  • Rue Claire Lavender Farm and Artisan Chocolate: 17.3 mi
  • Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 17.4 mi
  • Little Joe Tower: 17.9 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Curtis Memorial: 5.3 mi
  • Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 16.1 mi
  • IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 16.7 mi
  • Painted Post Monument: 16.9 mi
  • Preemption Line: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Rainbow Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Central Cascade: 11.9 mi
  • Hectors Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Aunt Sarah's Falls: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Metal Abstract: 11.5 mi
  • Cornplanter: 17.4 mi
  • Glass Blower: 17.9 mi
  • The Critic: 18.0 mi
  • Artemus: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 4

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Whitehead Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West HillNW 306°647 m15.2 mi
Lent HillWNW 300°641 m17.4 mi
West Italy HillNW 325°625 m17.9 mi
Knapp HillNW 311°623 m18.4 mi
Kinners KnobWSW 236°620 m19.8 mi
Hathaways PinnacleWSW 241°615 m19.6 mi
Rogers HillE 94°586 m18.1 mi
Quackenbush HillSSE 156°580 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:21
June solstice05:3220:0720:50
September equinox06:5618:3119:08
December solstice07:3515:5416:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232533455665696861493929

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bath, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357597191

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