Buck Hill
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
- 20.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 20 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 21 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cabin Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mumaw Hill: 2.3 mi
- The Knob: 2.6 mi
- Davey Hill: 3.3 mi
- Snider Hill: 3.5 mi
- 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
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 5.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.0 mi
- Yellow Spring: 7.8 mi
- Hiden Spring: 8.5 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 9.6 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 6.2 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 6.3 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 6.6 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 7.3 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 10.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Collie Grave: 7.0 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 9.6 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 13.9 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 14.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 7.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 21.3 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 21.4 mi
- Greasy Falls: 22.8 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 23.4 mi
- Markley Rocks: 6.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Hanging Rock: 16.7 mi
- Helmick Rock: 17.0 mi
- Three High Heads: 19.3 mi
- Bryce Resort: 4.2 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 6.2 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 13.4 mi
- The Garden Maze: 14.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 14.7 mi
- Cootie Bug: 6.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 6.3 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 14.5 mi
- Love: 14.8 mi
- Pavilian: 10.6 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 13.8 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 23.2 mi
- Old grape garden: 7.1 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 10.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Lost River State Park: 13.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Benchmark | NNW 345° | 995 m | 9.0 mi |
| Long Mountain | N 354° | 951 m | 10.3 mi |
| Snyder Knob | NNW 333° | 936 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cove Mountain | NW 308° | 898 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tibbet Knob | N 354° | 894 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Schloss | N 7° | 894 m | 9.6 mi |
| Devils Hole Mountain | N 350° | 861 m | 8.8 mi |
| Short Mountain | ESE 101° | 856 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
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
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 25 mi
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