Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 317 m in New Hampshire. Knights Hill stands 573 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bill Glavin Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 317 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 7.9 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Concord Road Athletic Fields: 3.1 mi
- Henniker Community Park: 3.3 mi
- Azalea Park: 3.5 mi
- Town Green: 3.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.7 mi
- Clough Hill: 1.1 mi
- Clark Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Hope: 1.4 mi
- Stanley Hill: 1.9 mi
- Goves Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bill Glavin Memorial Forest: 1.0 mi
- Watman Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Bermuda Harris Conservation Land: 1.6 mi
- Ashendon State Forest: 2.3 mi
- Davisville State Forest: 3.3 mi
- Boudreau Square: 10.8 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site: 11.4 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 12.3 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 12.4 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 3.8 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 3.9 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 5.7 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy House: 13.2 mi
- Riverland Beach: 11.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 11.8 mi
- Elkins Beach: 15.1 mi
- State Park Beach: 15.4 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 15.6 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 13.3 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 13.3 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 13.3 mi
- John Parker Hale: 13.3 mi
- Daniel Webster: 13.3 mi
- Gleason Falls: 9.6 mi
- Brennan Falls: 16.3 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 20.3 mi
- Senter Falls: 20.3 mi
- Bonner Falls: 22.9 mi
- Everett Dam: 11.6 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 13.5 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 18.0 mi
- Frog Rock: 20.6 mi
- Block Party Social: 22.6 mi
- Baker Ledge: 10.6 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 16.5 mi
- The Bulkhead: 16.6 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
- (seasonal): 13.2 mi
- River Road Spring: 17.8 mi
- Huckins Spring: 24.3 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 16.0 mi
- Botanical Garden: 18.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
- Hippy Hill: 20.9 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Hill | W 265° | 573 m | 7.2 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | WNW 298° | 552 m | 3.8 mi |
| Thompson Hill | WSW 251° | 536 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rowes Hill | W 264° | 525 m | 7.0 mi |
| Silver Hill | W 266° | 497 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mink Hills | NW 310° | 496 m | 3.6 mi |
| Craney Hill | S 178° | 420 m | 5.2 mi |
| Goodwin Hill | W 281° | 408 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopkinton Lake, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865844 — Buck Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357718589
Day trips start here
- Concord · 13 mi
- New London · 16 mi
- Franklin · 17 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 17 mi
- Tilton · 18 mi
- Hooksett · 19 mi
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