Buck Hill
Buck Hill rises to 283 m in New York. Fort Noble Mountain stands 704 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kuyahoora Valley Town Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Southern Adirondack Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Buck Hill is a summit located in Central New York Region of New York located in the Town of Russia in Herkimer County, north of Poland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q34806501, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 283 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
- 7.1 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 16.3 mi off the Black River Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Kuyahoora Valley Town Park: 0.8 mi
- Trenton Assembly Park: 5.3 mi
- Cincinnati Creek Waterway Access: 6.1 mi
- Union Park: 6.6 mi
- Remsen Town Park: 8.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 2.7 mi
- Cameron Hill: 3.7 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 4.8 mi
- Tanner Hill: 5.2 mi
- Bell Hill: 5.9 mi
- Baron Von Steuben Monument: 11.2 mi
- NYS DOT Workers Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Kopernik Memorial: 13.4 mi
- September 11th Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 13.9 mi
- Former Dairy Hill Firetower Site: 8.1 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 11.7 mi
- Herkimer Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 11.8 mi
- Forestport Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 12.0 mi
- Forestport Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 13.4 mi
- Herkimer Diamond Mine & Museum: 8.5 mi
- Childrens Museum: 12.4 mi
- Munson: 13.3 mi
- Oriskany Museum: 14.8 mi
- Little Falls Historical Society & Museum: 16.8 mi
- Franklin Square Alley: 12.7 mi
- Utica Mural: 12.7 mi
- When I Was Hungry and Thirsty: 13.0 mi
- Saint Marianne Cope: 13.0 mi
- Mother Mary: 13.5 mi
- Utica Tower: 11.8 mi
- Clinton Cider Mill: 20.8 mi
- Little Village Park Band Stand: 22.0 mi
- Rollaway: 17.1 mi
- Moss Island Climbing: 17.3 mi
- Hamilton Community Garden: 21.4 mi
- Root Glen: 21.8 mi
- Pixley Falls: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Buck Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Noble Mountain | NE 45° | 704 m | 16.9 mi |
| Lawson Top | NNE 33° | 701 m | 16.1 mi |
| Jerseyfield Mountain | E 83° | 697 m | 16.6 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 33° | 687 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mosquito Hill | ENE 61° | 603 m | 13.2 mi |
| Oak Mountain | E 97° | 600 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dairy Hill | ESE 111° | 562 m | 8.7 mi |
| McCauley Mountain | NE 38° | 558 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trenton Falls, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945020 — Buck Hill, Herkimer County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551183
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