Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 242 m in Maine. Saddleback Mountain stands 905 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 563105).
Wikidata Q33137449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 242 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Gray Hill: 1.0 mi
- Town Farm Hill: 1.0 mi
- Moulton Hill: 1.2 mi
- Weaver Hill: 1.2 mi
- Maquire Hill: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 4.5 mi
- Harris Field: 5.1 mi
- Davis Field: 6.4 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 7.7 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 7.8 mi
- Brownville Woods: 6.2 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 6.8 mi
- Williamsburg Forest: 7.8 mi
- Barnard Forest: 11.4 mi
- Silver Lake: 14.4 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 13.4 mi
- Hays Brook Falls: 18.2 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 18.9 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 18.9 mi
- Mud Gauntlet Falls: 19.3 mi
- dih cheese fort: 8.9 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 9.4 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 16.2 mi
- Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum: 19.1 mi
- Monument Square: 9.0 mi
- Cannon Monument: 19.0 mi
- Children's Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 9.4 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 13.6 mi
- Barren Slide: 18.8 mi
- The Jaws: 19.6 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleback Mountain | N 351° | 905 m | 17.5 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | NW 316° | 714 m | 16.7 mi |
| Columbus Mountain | NW 325° | 707 m | 16.0 mi |
| Chairback Mountain | NNW 328° | 668 m | 16.1 mi |
| Little Wilkie Mountain | N 1° | 629 m | 17.6 mi |
| Third Mountain | NW 320° | 610 m | 16.5 mi |
| Benson Mountain | NW 308° | 559 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ebeemee Mountain | N 3° | 556 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:43 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:57 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:08 | 15:57 |
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 | 15 | 18 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnard, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212586
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