Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 517 m in Pennsylvania. Rager Mountain stands 786 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 141 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 517 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
141 named places within 25 miles
- Sample Run Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- East Mahoning Township Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Susquehanna Township Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Spangler Fireman's Community Park: 8.9 mi
- Duman Lake County Park: 10.4 mi
- Turkey Knob: 0.5 mi
- Kinter Hill: 6.7 mi
- Gorman Summit: 7.1 mi
- Doty Roundtop: 7.7 mi
- Strongs Hill: 10.4 mi
- Jimmy Stewart Statue: 13.9 mi
- The Crimson Hawk: 14.2 mi
- Castleform: 14.3 mi
- Ghost: 14.3 mi
- The Arch: 14.3 mi
- Zion Church: 13.3 mi
- Indiana County War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 14.2 mi
- U.S. Military Veterans Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Eliza Furnace: 15.5 mi
- IUP Museum: 14.2 mi
- Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center: 16.5 mi
- Cambria County Historical Society: 18.2 mi
- Coalport Area Coal Museum: 20.3 mi
- Keirn Family World War II Museum: 20.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 185: 3.4 mi
- Yellow Creek State Park: 10.9 mi
- State Game Lands Number 273: 13.7 mi
- Nathan's Divided Nature Education Center: 17.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 320: 21.4 mi
- IUP Arch: 13.9 mi
- Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 15.4 mi
- Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 24.1 mi
- Suncliff: 11.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 22.8 mi
- Mechanic's Shanty: 12.8 mi
- Granny Coon Spring: 16.8 mi
- Hinckston Falls: 23.4 mi
- Laurel Ave Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rager Mountain | S 184° | 786 m | 20.9 mi |
| Kinter Hill | NNW 332° | 630 m | 6.7 mi |
| Moose Hill | SW 221° | 587 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pringle Hill | SSE 156° | 581 m | 23.8 mi |
| Doty Roundtop | NNW 348° | 579 m | 7.7 mi |
| Penn View Mountain | SW 216° | 577 m | 23.3 mi |
| Strongs Hill | SW 224° | 555 m | 10.4 mi |
| Evans Hill | SW 223° | 552 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:08 | 16:52 |
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 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana 3 SE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1170513 — Buck Hill, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357278823
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