Yard Hill
Yard Hill rises to 883 m in New York. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,121 m to the south-southwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34822184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 883 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 7.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 11.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.9 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 9 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 9 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Hill: 0.3 mi
- Frenyea Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Weston Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Coal Dirt Hill: 1.3 mi
- Great Wall: 7.9 mi
- Aserisk: 9.3 mi
- Nubble Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Banana Belt: 9.4 mi
- Solitude Wall: 9.4 mi
- East Branch Community Trails: 5.3 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 6.3 mi
- Milholland Park: 6.4 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 6.4 mi
- The Covered Bridge: 7.0 mi
- Hulls Falls: 6.0 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- Russell Falls: 9.7 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.8 mi
- Bert Williams Farm: 7.4 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 10.8 mi
- J. & J. Rogers Company Pulp Mill: 11.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Bartlett Primitive Area: 6.3 mi
- Four Peaks Tract: 7.4 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 8.4 mi
- New Vida Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Whirlpool Cove: 10.6 mi
- Indian Head Rock: 10.6 mi
- Potholes: 10.6 mi
- Master Pothole: 10.6 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 10.6 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 6.2 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 6.3 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 14.7 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 14.7 mi
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: 17.2 mi
- Westport Beach: 14.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 14.6 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 19.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.1 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 21.6 mi
- Footbridge Park: 5.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 19.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.1 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 12.0 mi
- Strömkarlen (River Troll): 24.1 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 20.4 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 23.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 21.9 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 22.9 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
- Tahawus: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Yard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,121 m | 3.0 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | NE 34° | 1,102 m | 1.7 mi |
| Jay Benchmark | NNE 22° | 1,097 m | 2.7 mi |
| Jay Mountain | N 2° | 1,028 m | 2.6 mi |
| MacDonough Mountain | NE 46° | 1,012 m | 3.0 mi |
| Tripod Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,001 m | 5.8 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SW 223° | 982 m | 0.9 mi |
| Chase Mountain | SW 219° | 972 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357598029
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 7 mi
- Westport · 14 mi
- Essex · 17 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
- Shelburne · 24 mi
- Crown Point · 26 mi
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