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Buck Hill

Buck Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
77 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.01787, -72.64759

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Gardens
  • Azalea Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Side Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Front Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Front Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Back Garden: 2.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • 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
Attractions: 48
  • 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
Waterfalls: 39
  • Lost Acres Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Enders Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Beach Brook Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Enders Falls: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • 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
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.2 mi
  • Rd: 12.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainW 279°357 m11.7 mi
Drake MountainWNW 302°350 m11.4 mi
Bad Luck MountainWNW 291°347 m12.1 mi
Sodom MountainWNW 287°326 m10.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillE 85°323 m12.4 mi
Pine ConeWSW 248°323 m12.4 mi
Bald MountainE 98°322 m12.3 mi
Pine MountainE 82°319 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260797

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