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Bucks Hill Park

Bucks Hill Park from directly overhead

Bucks Hill Park is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is American Italian Civic Club Park, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

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Coordinates41.59235, -73.02297
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Sunrise Park: 1.2 mi
  • Waterville Park: 1.4 mi
  • City Mills Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Fort Hill Park: 1.7 mi
  • Huntington Avenue Playground: 1.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 2.7 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 2.7 mi
  • Soldiers' Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 2.8 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 58
  • Cascade: 2.5 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Cascade: 4.2 mi
  • Cascades: 6.0 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 53
Artworks: 51
  • Ben Franklin: 2.8 mi
  • Maori Head: 2.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 2.8 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 3.0 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 2.6 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 4.9 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 8.8 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 8.9 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 9.9 mi
Beaches: 20
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
  • Pond View: 22.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 22.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cold Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 19.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bucks Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNE 45°313 m5.5 mi
Lindsley HillNE 55°312 m3.6 mi
Lattin HillNW 325°310 m7.8 mi
Walnut HillNW 323°307 m7.8 mi
Clinton HillNNE 23°303 m1.9 mi
Becar HillNE 43°297 m2.7 mi
Pine HillNNW 343°295 m5.2 mi
Great HillSW 235°292 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bobcat6 obs
  • Marbled Salamander3 obs
  • White-tailed Deer3 obs
  • purple pitcher plant3 obs
  • wide leek3 obs
  • Blue Dasher3 obs
  • Asian bittersweet3 obs
  • shining firmoss3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43441844

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