Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 572 m in Pennsylvania. Tower Hill stands 715 m to the southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rowe Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016006, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 572 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dick's Cabin: 7.2 mi
- Max Colegrove Park: 10.6 mi
- Elliott Lawn: 10.7 mi
- Alumni Lawn: 10.7 mi
- Roger Sterling Park: 10.8 mi
- Rowe Hill: 1.7 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 2.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 4.7 mi
- Kelly Hill: 5.3 mi
- Norway Hill: 5.5 mi
- Preemption Line: 12.6 mi
- Painted Post Monument: 13.6 mi
- IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing: 14.0 mi
- Phillip W. Scudder Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Chemung County's First Traffic Fatality Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Spencer Crest Nature Center: 10.6 mi
- McCarthy Hill State Forest: 10.8 mi
- Plymouth Woods Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Steege Hill Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Hills Creek State Park: 12.3 mi
- Artemus: 12.5 mi
- Corning Ceremonial Sculpture: 12.5 mi
- The Critic: 12.6 mi
- Glass Blower: 12.7 mi
- Spanish-American War Statue: 16.0 mi
- The Rockwell Museum: 12.5 mi
- Kids Rockewell Art Lab: 12.5 mi
- Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot: 13.9 mi
- National Soaring Museum: 14.0 mi
- Big Flats Historical Society: 15.5 mi
- Larry the Elk: 5.2 mi
- Little Joe Tower: 12.7 mi
- Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes: 13.1 mi
- Mistletoe Farm: 14.7 mi
- Pennsylvania Welcome Center: 5.2 mi
- Campbell Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Fall Brook: 20.1 mi
- Landrus: 23.2 mi
- Railroad Springs: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hill | SE 140° | 715 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 179° | 676 m | 17.0 mi |
| Big Hill | S 191° | 657 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | SW 219° | 646 m | 8.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | ESE 121° | 638 m | 6.0 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | NE 56° | 592 m | 2.1 mi |
| Bluff Point | SSW 204° | 587 m | 15.2 mi |
| Quackenbush Hill | NNE 16° | 580 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:06 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:56 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cowanesque DAM, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1170515 — Buck Hill, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
OpenStreetMap element node/357278835
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- Southern Tier · 17 mi
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