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Buck Hill

Buck Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Hill rises to 442 m in New York. Burnside Hill stands 623 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cohoon Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Viaduct Valley Way Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34806473, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
442 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33507, -75.70158

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Ball Flats Park: 3.3 mi
  • Gaius M. Cook Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lyon's Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lafayette Park: 9.1 mi
  • Washington Park: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Cook Park: 2.3 mi
  • Golf Driving Range: 8.3 mi
  • Joshia Stowell Home & Farm: 10.5 mi
  • Colesville Branch: 11.3 mi
  • Coles Maple Syrup and Cream: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 12
  • 16-17 mile marker from possible priesthood site: 16.0 mi
  • The Skirmisher: 20.0 mi
  • George F. Johnson statue: 20.2 mi
  • Dickinson Object: 21.8 mi
  • Falling Man: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • All Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Castle Creek Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Sidney Veterans Memorial Park: 15.3 mi
  • ww1: 16.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 19.6 mi
Museums: 9
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Laurel Ave Community Garden: 20.0 mi
  • Outdoor Biological Research Facility: 22.5 mi
  • Campus Garden: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cheningo Day Use Area: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burnside HillSE 125°623 m20.1 mi
Page Pond HillSE 141°612 m16.7 mi
Pine HillE 101°612 m18.7 mi
Pigeon HillN 6°606 m21.1 mi
Berry HillN 2°598 m14.8 mi
Sidney MountainESE 104°570 m16.6 mi
Shumway HillNE 54°548 m15.3 mi
Bobell HillSSE 166°546 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:2720:0120:44
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2915:4816:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242432455664696861503929
Precip in2.62.33.13.53.54.43.94.44.03.83.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitney PT DAM, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551179

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