Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 484 m in Maine. Big Moose Mountain stands 967 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Doughty Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States of America (GNIS ID = 563106).
Wikidata Q33137451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 484 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 20.6 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Doughty Hill: 1.2 mi
- Homer Hill: 1.6 mi
- Doe Hill: 2.9 mi
- Ledge Hill: 5.9 mi
- Russell Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
- Shirley Bog: 8.1 mi
- Bald Mountain Township Public Reserved Land: 8.9 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 9.1 mi
- Carratunk E Public Reserved Land: 15.6 mi
- Doe Pond Access: 2.3 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 9.6 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 12.5 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 15.3 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 15.5 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 5.9 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 6.8 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 6.9 mi
- Thompson Brook Upper Falls: 7.0 mi
- Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 7.1 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 10.9 mi
- Moosehead Marine Museum: 11.1 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 16.2 mi
- dih cheese fort: 17.6 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 5.2 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 15.7 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 17.6 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 20.5 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Barren Slide: 10.3 mi
- The Jaws: 16.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Monument Square: 17.4 mi
- Cannon Monument: 22.9 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Spring water: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Moose Mountain | NNW 327° | 967 m | 14.8 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | NNE 22° | 791 m | 15.7 mi |
| Barren Mountain | NE 48° | 742 m | 11.4 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | NE 51° | 714 m | 14.1 mi |
| Trout Pond Mountain | NW 321° | 675 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mosquito Mountain | W 272° | 663 m | 15.8 mi |
| Third Mountain | NE 51° | 610 m | 15.4 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | NE 54° | 604 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:51 | 19:45 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:09 | 15:59 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville Maine Forestry SVC, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212588
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