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Yellow Barn Hill

Yellow Barn Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Barn Hill rises to 560 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Barn State Forest, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34822300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
560 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46479, -76.34271

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Etna Community Park: 2.8 mi
  • Montgomery Park: 2.8 mi
  • Time Square: 2.9 mi
  • Campbell Meadows: 3.2 mi
  • Mill Dam Park: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 43
Attractions: 16
  • Incodema: 5.9 mi
  • The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 10.0 mi
  • Nor’easter Mountain Coaster: 10.2 mi
  • Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 11.2 mi
  • Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Potter's Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Ithaca Falls: 7.6 mi
Museums: 14
Gardens: 13
  • Mill Dam Park Sign Planter: 3.3 mi
  • Freeville Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Bird Feeding Garden: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Whitney Point Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Preble: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Black Lives Matter: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Der deutsche Strand: 10.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tamarack Spring: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cheningo Day Use Area: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Yellow Barn Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgil MountainE 79°643 m10.5 mi
Connecticut HillWSW 252°638 m17.5 mi
Greek PeakENE 77°637 m10.1 mi
South HillENE 75°635 m10.0 mi
Tuller HillENE 68°616 m11.9 mi
Star Stanton HillESE 115°612 m3.1 mi
Hammond HillSE 130°598 m3.2 mi
Doll HillWSW 241°596 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:2920:0420:47
September equinox06:5318:2719:05
December solstice07:3215:5016:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212230435564686660483828
Precip in2.22.02.73.23.54.24.14.14.13.92.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freeville 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 971818 — Yellow Barn Hill, Tompkins County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357598051

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