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. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 4.7 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 5.7 mi
- Kent Falls: 6.1 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
- 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
- Dudley Town: 3.1 mi
- Questing: 19.4 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 18.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 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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