Tinker Hill is a summit in Putnam County, New York, rising to about 935 feet. Its significance lies less in its size than in the local story preserved in its name. Around 1800, a jack-of-all-trades known as a “tinkering” man reportedly settled there, and the hill came to bear that association. The name ties the landscape to a single settler’s occupation and reflects the era when this part of the region was becoming more fully settled, giving the hill a distinctly local identity rooted in early community memory.