Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 404 m in Connecticut. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the east, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807690, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 404 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Hill: 1.3 mi
- Skiff Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bread Loaf Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Ellsworth Hill: 2.0 mi
- Whitcomb Hill: 2.3 mi
- D'Alton Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Audrey and Robert Tobin Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Sharon Mountain Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Sharon Mountain Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Sharon Mountain Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 3.2 mi
- Bucksbaum Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Town Green: 5.5 mi
- Kent Green: 6.2 mi
- Kent Commons Park: 6.7 mi
- Kent Falls: 2.3 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 8.3 mi
- Cascade: 8.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 5.5 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 5.8 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 9.9 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 10.5 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.0 mi
- Folly: 7.9 mi
- Mill Ruins: 9.6 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 10.0 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 12.7 mi
- Peter's Forge: 8.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 9.0 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 9.0 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 10.2 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 11.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 6.8 mi
- Pine Ledge: 7.3 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 14.8 mi
- Kelly Slide: 15.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 12.8 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 16.7 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 17.0 mi
- Holland Beach: 18.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 9.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.0 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 17.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 21.3 mi
- Personal Gardens: 22.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 18.9 mi
- Hermit spring: 19.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 22.7 mi
- Big Spring: 23.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 3.2 mi
- Questing: 23.3 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 10.3 mi
- Jean Widmark: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Mountain | E 81° | 513 m | 6.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | E 80° | 502 m | 5.7 mi |
| Red Mountain | ENE 66° | 499 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ellsworth Hill | W 261° | 473 m | 2.0 mi |
| Woodbury Mountain | E 100° | 464 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dudleytown Hill | E 99° | 461 m | 3.0 mi |
| Whitcomb Hill | ESE 120° | 459 m | 2.3 mi |
| Above All | SSE 150° | 450 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205792 — Buck Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260795
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