Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 177 m in Connecticut. Coatney Hill stands 283 m to the west-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Duhamel Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duhamel Park: 1.0 mi
- Heritage Way Park: 1.0 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.1 mi
- Thompson Little League Complex: 1.2 mi
- Thompson War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Dudley Fire Department Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Beresik Square: 3.5 mi
- Harriet K. Crawford Memorial Tree: 3.6 mi
- Memorial Square: 3.8 mi
- Klick Square: 4.2 mi
- Chandler Hill: 2.0 mi
- Depot Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bull Hill: 2.6 mi
- Sunset Hill: 3.1 mi
- Chancery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Ravenelle Road Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Ardlock Acres: 2.4 mi
- Avalock Acres: 2.4 mi
- Arlock Acres: 2.5 mi
- West Thompson Dam Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Motion: 9.1 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 15.1 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 17.0 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 17.2 mi
- The Hand of Christ: 17.6 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 10.0 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 13.2 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 13.9 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 9.4 mi
- Frog Rock: 11.2 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 12.4 mi
- Cellar Hole: 12.7 mi
- Path Continues: 12.7 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 6.2 mi
- YWCA Beach: 12.7 mi
- Flynns Beach: 13.0 mi
- Spring Lake Beach: 13.1 mi
- Wescott Beach: 13.5 mi
- Small House Garden: 12.3 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 15.4 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 15.4 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 18.4 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 11.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Coney Rock: 20.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 5.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 18.6 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 18.7 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 19.5 mi
- Codfish Falls: 20.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.9 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 24.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Picnic: 8.8 mi
- Bara-Hack: 9.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatney Hill | WSW 243° | 283 m | 6.1 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | WSW 250° | 281 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wood Hill | NE 54° | 277 m | 6.2 mi |
| Aplin Hill | WSW 248° | 276 m | 6.8 mi |
| Blood Hill | NNW 337° | 273 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bungee Hill | WSW 252° | 269 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bradford Hill | WSW 253° | 267 m | 6.9 mi |
| Thunder Hill | WSW 243° | 265 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359278042
Day trips start here
- Dudley · 3 mi
- Webster · 4 mi
- Putnam · 6 mi
- Woodstock · 6 mi
- Southbridge · 8 mi
- South County · 9 mi
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