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. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 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
- 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
- Skiff Mountain Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Skiff Mountain South Preserve: 2.9 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
- Kent Falls: 2.3 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 2.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 8.3 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 8.6 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
- Dudley Town: 3.2 mi
- Questing: 23.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.6 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 25 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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