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Buck Hill

Buck Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Hill rises to 682 m in New York. Gore Mountain stands 1,086 m to the north, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ross Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 6.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Warren County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34806528, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
682 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.55090, -74.01819

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
  • Warrensburg Recreation Field: 12.7 mi
  • Floyd Bennett Park: 12.7 mi
  • Calvin Engle Park: 13.1 mi
  • Courtney Park: 15.8 mi
  • Town of Horicon: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 19
  • Square Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Dunkley Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Bear Slide: 12.5 mi
  • Auger Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Austin Falls: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
  • Diamond Island: 18.3 mi
  • Usher Park: 18.4 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 18.6 mi
  • Jessup River Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • paint mine: 2.7 mi
  • Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 2.8 mi
  • Frank Watkins: 13.4 mi
  • pump house: 17.5 mi
  • Father Jogues Monument: 18.1 mi
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 9
  • Wayout Wall: 1.8 mi
  • Beaverview Wall: 2.3 mi
  • Moxham Point: 14.3 mi
  • Small Rocky overlook: 18.4 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
  • Long Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Wayside Beach: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Arboretum: 22.7 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Whitewater rafting: 13.1 mi
  • Rafting: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Snowy Mountain Trail Parking: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gore MountainN 350°1,086 m8.6 mi
Eleventh MountainNNW 328°1,004 m5.1 mi
Crane MountainE 99°992 m2.9 mi
Pete Gay MountainN 352°944 m9.8 mi
Height of Land MountainNNW 343°897 m7.3 mi
Mount BlueSW 216°885 m2.4 mi
Blue HillsW 270°877 m7.7 mi
Baldhead MountainSSE 152°871 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:1619:5820:42
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2715:3616:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331445664696760493828
Precip in3.52.93.63.93.94.74.23.83.24.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551186

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