Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 77 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 357 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Glovers Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 77 m
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 19.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- King House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Enfield Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Longmeadow Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Storrowton Village Museum: 5.3 mi
- New England Air Museum: 5.3 mi
- Freedom Eagle: 4.5 mi
- The Three Graces: 5.3 mi
- 1856 City Hall Bell: 6.5 mi
- Miles Morgan: 6.5 mi
- Birdicus Gigantium: 6.5 mi
- Town Of Suffield (Hill Street & Russell Av.): 1.5 mi
- D'Aleo Park: 2.9 mi
- Enfield Town Green: 2.9 mi
- Borgatti Park: 3.1 mi
- Still Brook Park: 3.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 2.3 mi
- Side Garden: 2.3 mi
- Front Garden: 2.3 mi
- Back Garden: 2.3 mi
- Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 2.6 mi
- Glovers Hill: 0.5 mi
- Scott Hill: 1.1 mi
- Tinker Hill: 1.2 mi
- Philo Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hastings Hill: 1.5 mi
- E. Alexander Bergstrom: 1.8 mi
- Kotchen Quadrangle: 2.1 mi
- Suffield Academy Bell: 2.3 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 2.5 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.5 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 2.3 mi
- A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.3 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 5.3 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 5.3 mi
- Springfield Museums: 6.7 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 11.5 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 11.6 mi
- Enders Falls: 12.5 mi
- Beach Brook Falls: 12.5 mi
- Northgate Falls: 12.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 12.8 mi
- Hart Meadow: 18.0 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 18.1 mi
- Garden Wall: 18.1 mi
- Flag Rock: 18.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 2.6 mi
- Babbs Beach: 5.4 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 13.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.3 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 19.9 mi
- Big Spring: 18.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 23.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | W 279° | 357 m | 11.7 mi |
| Drake Mountain | WNW 302° | 350 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bad Luck Mountain | WNW 291° | 347 m | 12.1 mi |
| East Sweetman Mountain | WNW 297° | 339 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sodom Mountain | WNW 287° | 326 m | 10.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | E 85° | 323 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pine Cone | WSW 248° | 323 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | E 98° | 322 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260797
Day trips start here
- Longmeadow · 4 mi
- East Windsor · 8 mi
- Somers · 11 mi
- Hampden · 12 mi
- Holyoke · 13 mi
- Ludlow · 13 mi
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