Buckball Peak
Buckball Peak rises to 874 m in Vermont. Dorset Mountain stands 1,149 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is South Buckball Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35729985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 874 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 18.5 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 26 mi
- Kane's Falls · 28 mi
- Mt Tom · 29 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Buckball Peak: 0.4 mi
- Baker Peak: 1.3 mi
- Pete Parent Peak: 2.4 mi
- Peru Peak: 3.4 mi
- Homer Stone Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Emerald Lake State Park: 5.5 mi
- Weston Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Farrar Park: 8.3 mi
- Wallingford Main Street Historic District: 9.0 mi
- Old Stone Shop: 8.8 mi
- Paul P Harris: 9.1 mi
- Black River Academy Museum: 12.8 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 12.9 mi
- A.W.Gray & Sons: 13.1 mi
- Community Historical Museum of Mount Holly: 7.9 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 8.3 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 8.3 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 10.6 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 13.6 mi
- McGinn Falls: 2.6 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 4.9 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 12.5 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 12.6 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 12.6 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 6.3 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 7.0 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 7.6 mi
- Clarendon Gorge Wildlife Management Area: 12.2 mi
- Friends of Haystack: 12.4 mi
- Art Gallery: 10.2 mi
- Bear: 16.0 mi
- Stratton Bear: 17.1 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 18.3 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 18.3 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 22.0 mi
- Best's Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Taylor Farm: 9.2 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 10.4 mi
- Ballard Farm: 12.7 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 13.0 mi
- TimberQuest: 13.2 mi
- The Ox Bow: 8.1 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 20.3 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Lower Tier: 22.9 mi
- Upper Tier: 22.9 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 21.3 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 11.7 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 22.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Buckball Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,149 m | 4.9 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | WSW 241° | 1,134 m | 5.4 mi |
| Peru Peak | S 176° | 1,041 m | 3.4 mi |
| Styles Peak | S 177° | 1,028 m | 4.8 mi |
| Ludlow Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,012 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bromley Mountain | S 179° | 1,000 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Aeolus | SW 214° | 978 m | 8.6 mi |
| South Mountain | ENE 75° | 968 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:33 | 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 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356554955
Day trips start here
- Brownsville · 25 mi
- Woodstock · 29 mi
- Cornish · 30 mi
- Windsor · 30 mi
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