Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 144 m in Connecticut. Sprague Hill stands 257 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windham County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 144 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 5.6 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 2.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.1 mi off the Route 102 (Ten Rod Road)
Named places within 25 miles
- Morgan Hill: 1.1 mi
- North Hill: 1.3 mi
- Tatnic Hill: 2.0 mi
- Black Hill: 2.8 mi
- Westminster Hill: 2.9 mi
- Campagna Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Tillinghast Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Quinebaug Fish Hatchery: 3.1 mi
- Little River Wildlife Area: 3.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 169): 3.8 mi
- Sugar Brook Field Trial and Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Frink Park: 3.0 mi
- Robert Manship Park: 3.0 mi
- Canterbury Green: 3.1 mi
- Israel Putnam Monument: 3.6 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 3.5 mi
- Israel Putnam Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- World War II Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Prudence Crandall Museum: 3.0 mi
- Plainfield Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society: 6.9 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 8.3 mi
- Edward Waldo House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Manny: 11.9 mi
- Willy: 11.9 mi
- Windy: 11.9 mi
- Swifty: 11.9 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 14.1 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 6.1 mi
- Wescott Beach: 17.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 18.1 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 19.6 mi
- Hope Pond Beach: 21.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 8.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 8.9 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 10.5 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Cargill Falls: 12.6 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 11.3 mi
- Mary's Garden: 11.9 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 14.7 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 14.8 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 14.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 11.8 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.6 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 18.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 19.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.6 mi
- Picnic: 19.8 mi
- Little Beach: 23.2 mi
- Big Beach: 23.4 mi
- Bara-Hack: 9.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 11.3 mi
- Old Spring: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprague Hill | NNW 333° | 257 m | 9.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NNW 340° | 252 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NW 307° | 240 m | 6.2 mi |
| Clark Hill | WNW 291° | 235 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 298° | 232 m | 6.8 mi |
| Kimball Hill | NNW 336° | 231 m | 5.6 mi |
| Alworth Hill | NNW 334° | 225 m | 3.9 mi |
| Easter Hill | NNW 348° | 222 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hampton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260791
Day trips start here
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
- Griswold · 12 mi
- Willimantic · 12 mi
- Putnam · 13 mi
- Foster · 14 mi
- Norwich · 14 mi
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