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Buck Hill

Buck Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Hill rises to 523 m in Virginia. Devils Benchmark stands 995 m to the north-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabin Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49016018, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
523 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.80345, -78.68918

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
  • Mount Jackson Community Park: 4.3 mi
  • Mayors Park: 4.6 mi
  • Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
  • Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 9.9 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 10.2 mi
Springs: 21
Historic sites: 16
Cliffs: 10
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilian: 10.6 mi
  • Blue Hole Day Use Area: 13.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Cootie Bug: 6.3 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 6.3 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 14.5 mi
  • Love: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Devils BenchmarkNNW 345°995 m9.0 mi
Long MountainN 354°951 m10.3 mi
Snyder KnobNNW 333°936 m9.8 mi
Cove MountainNW 308°898 m9.3 mi
Tibbet KnobN 354°894 m7.7 mi
Big SchlossN 7°894 m9.6 mi
Devils Hole MountainN 350°861 m8.8 mi
Short MountainESE 101°856 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5120:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:14
December solstice07:3016:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526170747265544335
Precip in2.41.82.93.14.04.34.13.43.72.62.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492656 — Buck Hill, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356581758

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