Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 648 m in New York. Loon Lake Mountain stands 1,014 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 969920).
Wikidata Q34806488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 648 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 10.2 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 16.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 26.6 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Jones Hill: 2.3 mi
- Blue Hill: 2.8 mi
- Meenahga Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 3.7 mi
- Murry Hill: 4.1 mi
- Brighton Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- The Great Lawn: 3.6 mi
- Town of Harrietstown Bike Park: 9.7 mi
- Ampersand Park: 9.9 mi
- William Morris Park: 10.1 mi
- High Falls: 16.7 mi
- Augerhole Falls: 17.5 mi
- Monument Falls: 17.7 mi
- Upper Stag Brook Falls: 18.0 mi
- High Falls (Main): 18.0 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 7.7 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 12.3 mi
- High Falls Gorge: 17.9 mi
- Porridge Potholes: 18.0 mi
- Master Pothole: 18.0 mi
- Deer River Primitive Area: 15.6 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 15.9 mi
- Henry's Woods: 17.6 mi
- Franklin Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 17.7 mi
- Heaven Hill Trails: 18.5 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 15.8 mi
- Moss Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Stacy Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Center of Progress Cliff: 19.2 mi
- summit fliff: 19.3 mi
- Randy Preston Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Kate Smith Memorial: 16.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Historic Marker for Timbuctoo: 17.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Six Nations Indian Museum: 4.9 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 10.2 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 10.4 mi
- Lake Placid Olympic Museum: 16.5 mi
- Lake Placid Hall of Fame: 16.5 mi
- Goolds Garden: 2.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 3.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 9.0 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 16.6 mi
- Camp Chateaugay Beach: 23.2 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loon Lake Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,014 m | 6.6 mi |
| Debar Mountain | N 353° | 1,011 m | 9.4 mi |
| Saint Regis Mountain | WSW 237° | 865 m | 7.7 mi |
| Kate Mountain | ENE 78° | 863 m | 6.9 mi |
| Baldface Mountain | N 6° | 858 m | 10.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 45° | 818 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mud Pond Mountain | ENE 56° | 775 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rice Mountain | WNW 292° | 768 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:01 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saranac LK Adirondack Rgnl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 969920 — Buck Hill, Franklin County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357595913
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