Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 426 m in New York. Cool Mountain stands 687 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill State Forest, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Black River Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Buck Hill is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Western in Oneida County, north of North Western.
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Wikidata Q34806508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 426 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Black River Trail
- 7.7 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 11.2 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 18.1 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Meszler Hill: 2.0 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.0 mi
- Tripp Pinnacle: 2.2 mi
- Boody Hill: 3.1 mi
- Quaker Hill: 3.2 mi
- Steuben Memorial State Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Lee Town Park: 7.4 mi
- Kortnear Park: 8.2 mi
- School Park: 8.2 mi
- Fountain Park: 8.3 mi
- Baron Von Steuben Monument: 7.0 mi
- Elks Lodge "Elk Monument": 8.1 mi
- Vintage Snow Plow: 8.1 mi
- VFW Machine Gun Nest: 8.2 mi
- Black River Canal Gazebo: 8.3 mi
- Buck Hill State Forest: 1.3 mi
- Jackson Hill State Forest: 3.6 mi
- South Hill State Forest: 5.6 mi
- Canada Creek State Forest: 7.9 mi
- West Branch State Forest: 8.1 mi
- Oneida County Fair Museum: 8.3 mi
- Black River Canal Museum: 8.3 mi
- Warehouse: 8.3 mi
- Replica of Full Size Canal Boat: 8.3 mi
- Hemlock Mercantile: 8.3 mi
- Boonville Oneida County Fair Wall: 8.2 mi
- Boonville Mural: 8.2 mi
- Mother Mary: 13.0 mi
- St Mary's Statue: 14.3 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 19.0 mi
- Little Village Park Band Stand: 8.4 mi
- Utica Tower: 18.6 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 21.7 mi
- Pixley Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lyons Fall: 17.5 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Root Glen: 21.9 mi
- Verona Beach: 22.5 mi
- Remsen Falls Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Mountain | ENE 64° | 687 m | 24.1 mi |
| Gomer Hill | NNW 343° | 643 m | 20.6 mi |
| Neejer Hill | NE 47° | 591 m | 21.5 mi |
| Tug Hill | NNW 345° | 585 m | 18.4 mi |
| McCauley Mountain | E 85° | 558 m | 24.1 mi |
| Forty Mountain | ENE 78° | 553 m | 18.9 mi |
| Penn Mountain | E 79° | 551 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stone Dam Mountain | ENE 60° | 549 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:36 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:03 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:42 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 18 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boonville 4 SSW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551193
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