Metcalf Hill | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,962 feet (598 m) |
Coordinates | 42°46′54″N74°56′22″W / 42.78167°N 74.93944°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Pierstown, New York, U.S. |
Topo map | USGS Richfield Springs |
Metcalf Hill is a mountain in the central New York region of New York by Pierstown. [2] Metcalf Hill is named after Arunah Metcalf.
Orlando Metcalf was born on Metcalf Hill on August 17, 1797. His father Arunah Metcalf moved to Otsego County in 1794. Arunah Metcalf served as Otsego County Sheriff from 1806–1810. [3]
Otsego is a town in the north-central part of Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 3,641 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Lake Otsego, which forms part of the town's eastern border.
Springfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,358 at the 2010 census. It is located at the northern county line of Otsego County and is approximately 50 mi (80 km) west of Schenectady.
Schuyler Lake is the name of a small hamlet in the town of Exeter in Otsego County, New York, United States. It lies at the south end of Canadarago Lake and south of Richfield Springs. It is also known as Kaniatarake, which is a Mohawk name that translates to "on the lake".
Arunah Metcalf was a United States representative from New York.
Oaks Creek is a river that drains Canadarago Lake, which is situated in the north central region of Otsego County, New York. The creek begins by the Hamlet of Schuyler Lake and flows southeast approximately 9.32 miles (15.00 km), dropping only 105 feet (32 m) in elevation, before converging with the Susquehanna River south of the Village of Cooperstown, by the Hamlet of Index. From the source to Oaksville the creek flows along Panther Mountain. Fly Creek is a main tributary, that converges with Oaks Creek south of the Hamlet of Fly Creek.
Index is a hamlet in the Town of Hartwick, New York, and partially in Town of Otsego, Otsego County, New York, United States. It is located at the corner of CR-11 and NY-28. Oaks Creek runs east through the hamlet and converges with the Susquehanna River just east of the hamlet.
The Canajoharie Creek is a river that flows into the Mohawk River in the Village of Canajoharie in the U.S. State of New York. The name "Canajoharie" is a Mohawk language term meaning "the pot that washes itself", referring to the "Canajoharie Boiling Pot", a 20-foot (6.1 m) wide and 10-foot (3.0 m) deep pothole in the Canajoharie Creek, just south of the village of Canajoharie. Bowmans Creek is one main tributary that enters the creek east of the Hamlet of Sprout Brook. The other main tributary is Brimstone Creek which enters the creek north-northwest of the Village of Ames.
Cobleskill Creek is a river in Otsego and Schoharie counties in the state of New York. It starts at Pine Mountain west of West Richmondville and flows east-northeast before converging with Schoharie Creek in Central Bridge. The creek flows through the villages of Richmondville and Cobleskill.
Charlotte Creek is a river located in Delaware County, New York. Charlotte Creek borders the southern border of Otsego County, New York for a few miles near the mouth. The creek converges with the Susquehanna River by Emmons, New York.
Oaksville is a hamlet west of Cooperstown on conjoined NY-28/NY-80, in the Town of Otsego, New York, in Otsego County, New York, United States. Oaks Creek flows south through the hamlet.
Cattown is a hamlet located at the corner of Cattown and Hoke Roads in the Town of Otsego, New York, in Otsego County, United States. It is west of Fly Creek and north of Oaksville. The hamlet was named Cattown because a girl's husband dropped a cat down a chimney of a house to break up a meeting she was attending because his dinner was late.
Panther Mountain is a mountain located in Central New York of New York near Fly Creek, New York and Schuyler Lake, New York. The east side of Panther Mountain drains into Fly Creek and the west side drains into Oaks Creek and Canadarago Lake.
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Mount Wellington is a mountain located in the Central New York Region of New York. It is located south of the Hamlet of Springfield Center at the northern end of Otsego Lake. Mount Wellington rises 600 feet (180 m) above lake level. The extreme southern point of the mountain is called Clarke Point and also referred to as the Shad Cam. It is known as "The Sleeping Lion", as it looks similar to a lion laying down, viewed from Cooperstown, New York. It was originally named Mount Millington, but was renamed by George Hyde Clarke in honor of Field Marshal The 1st Duke of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo, who had been Clarke's schoolmate at Eton College in England.
Red House Hill is a mountain in the Central New York Region of the State of New York, United States. It is located south-southwest of the Hamlet of Springfield Center, New York, west of Hutter Point and Six Mile Point of Otsego Lake, and southeast of Rum Hill. Mohican Brook flows eastward along the southern edge of the hill.
Fitch Hill is a mountain located in Central New York Region of New York by Pierstown. Fitch Hill is named after the Fitch family who were early settlers in the area.
Cornish Hill is a small mountain chain, made of two main elevations the tallest being 2,231 feet (680 m). Cornish Hill is located in the Central New York region of New York southeast Cooperstown, New York.
Klock Hill is a mountain located in Central New York region of New York southwest of Burlington, New York.
Mount Zion is a small mountain chain in the Central New York region of New York. It is located southwest of Otego, New York. It is made of two main peaks. One is in Otsego County and the other, being the tallest at 1988 feet, in Delaware County.
Calder Hill is a small mountain chain in the Central New York region of New York. It is located north of Otego, New York. It is made of two main peaks with the highest being 1841 feet.
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