Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 208 m in Rhode Island. Wood Hill stands 277 m to the north-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Badger Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhode Island, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729799, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 208 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 20.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
Overlooks nearby
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 24 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 26 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quaddick Reservoir Boat Launc: 2.3 mi
- White Mill Park: 3.5 mi
- Hauser Field: 3.8 mi
- Little Pond Boat Launch: 3.9 mi
- Clear River Open Space: 3.9 mi
- Six Toes trail marker: 2.7 mi
- Oakland Mill: 7.2 mi
- Beresik Square: 7.3 mi
- Harriet K. Crawford Memorial Tree: 7.3 mi
- Memorial Square: 7.4 mi
- Badger Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Benson Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Wolf Hill: 3.3 mi
- Quaddick Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Brandy Hill: 3.5 mi
- Statue of Hachikō: 13.9 mi
- Motion: 14.9 mi
- Goddard Rocket: 16.0 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 17.8 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 17.9 mi
- Buck Hill Scout Reservation: 0.6 mi
- Blain Preserve: 1.8 mi
- O'Leary Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Robbins Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Leclair Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Gloucester Light Infantry Militia Armory: 7.4 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Dorr Rebellion Museum: 7.7 mi
- Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center: 11.0 mi
- Fat Man's Misery: 10.9 mi
- Devil's Corncrib: 10.9 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 13.6 mi
- Crazy Corners: 14.1 mi
- Path Continues: 15.1 mi
- YWCA Beach: 5.9 mi
- Flynns Beach: 6.2 mi
- Spring Lake Beach: 6.3 mi
- Wescott Beach: 7.6 mi
- Memorial Beach: 10.5 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Small House Garden: 18.6 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 19.1 mi
- Rain Gardens: 19.4 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 5.8 mi
- Pond Cave: 18.4 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 18.5 mi
- Lower Heart: 18.6 mi
- Warm Up Cave: 18.7 mi
- Cargill Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 12.9 mi
- Ponogansett Falls: 13.9 mi
- Spencer Rock Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 22.6 mi
- Thirsty Beaver: 14.4 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.4 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Picnic: 15.8 mi
- 16-34: 24.0 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.6 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Hill | NNW 340° | 277 m | 5.2 mi |
| Goat Hill | N 349° | 268 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bare Hill | NNW 342° | 262 m | 7.4 mi |
| Jerimoth Hill | S 179° | 256 m | 8.9 mi |
| Whittier Hill | N 352° | 256 m | 9.9 mi |
| Durfee Hill | SSE 162° | 244 m | 6.2 mi |
| Whites Hill | S 177° | 240 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 171° | 235 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Thompson Lake, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1218876 — Buck Hill, Providence County, Rhode Island.
OpenStreetMap element node/357256876
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