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Buck Hill

Buck Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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. 144 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

Coordinates40.70895, -78.91614

144 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
  • 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
Peaks: 23
Artworks: 21
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 9
  • IUP Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Punxsutawney Weather Discovery Center: 16.5 mi
  • Cambria County Historical Society: 18.2 mi
  • Cambria County Historical Society: 18.2 mi
  • Coalport Area Coal Museum: 20.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 3
  • IUP Arch: 13.9 mi
  • Home of Punxsutawney Phil: 15.4 mi
  • Cresson Railroad Observation Platform: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mechanic's Shanty: 12.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Granny Coon Spring: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hinckston Falls: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rager MountainS 184°786 m20.9 mi
Kinter HillNNW 332°630 m6.7 mi
Moose HillSW 221°587 m11.5 mi
Pringle HillSSE 156°581 m23.8 mi
Doty RoundtopNNW 348°579 m7.7 mi
Penn View MountainSW 216°577 m23.3 mi
Strongs HillSW 224°555 m10.4 mi
Evans HillSW 223°552 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4520:1020:51
September equinox07:0418:3919:15
December solstice07:3716:0816:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485967716963524132
Precip in3.62.93.94.04.34.85.14.34.23.53.53.6

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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