Hill was unable to achieve financial success, leaving his family less than $900 at his death, "but Andrew P. Hill's name and strenuous efforts will forever be associated with the preservation to the state and to humanity of the beautiful California Redwood Park",Andrew P. Hill, Pioneer of Santa Clara County, transcribed from Eugene T. Sawyer, History of Santa Clara County, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who Have Been Identified with its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present, Los Angeles: Historic Record, 1922, , p. 355, online at The Valley of Heart's Delight, Santa Clara Research.net. among the last 3% of old growth Redwood forests remaining today. As stated in Eugene T. Sawyer's history of Santa Clara County, "Mr. Hill had a public duty to perform, and he went at it with a singleness of purpose which has made men conquerors of fate since the beginning of time."
