Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 417 m in Connecticut. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the southeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity Forest Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31807692, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 417 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Trinity Forest Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Brokaw Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Day Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Ballyhack Preserve - Cornwall Conservation Trust, Inc.: 1.4 mi
- CCT Walker-Cobble Easement: 1.6 mi
- Green Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mine Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Dean Hill: 1.4 mi
- The Cobble: 1.6 mi
- South Mine Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 1.2 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 4.7 mi
- Bucksbaum Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 7.0 mi
- Goshen Historic District: 7.0 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 4.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 5.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 6.3 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 8.9 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.5 mi
- Folly: 7.9 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 9.7 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 11.7 mi
- Dough Boy: 12.1 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 6.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 8.7 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 9.3 mi
- Peter's Forge: 10.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 11.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 11.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.5 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 12.9 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Kelly Slide: 19.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 12.7 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 13.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 14.8 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 20.6 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 20.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 11.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 12.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 21.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 23.0 mi
- Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 15.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 15.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.0 mi
- Big Spring: 19.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 20.1 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 22.8 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 24.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 24.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 3.1 mi
- Questing: 19.4 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Mountain | SE 125° | 513 m | 3.8 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SE 129° | 502 m | 3.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | E 96° | 499 m | 3.5 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | ENE 71° | 495 m | 4.4 mi |
| Brass Mountain | E 85° | 491 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | E 94° | 484 m | 4.1 mi |
| Howe Mountain | NE 39° | 473 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ellsworth Hill | SW 234° | 473 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205794 — Buck Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260800
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