Bucket Hill
Bucket Hill rises to 217 m in Connecticut. Lead Mine Hill stands 361 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashford Town Green, a park 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 217 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.2 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ashford Town Green: 0.8 mi
- Ashford Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Halls Pond Boat Launch: 2.2 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Edward Garrison Park: 4.4 mi
- Josias Byles Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Rankin Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Pompey Hollow Park: 1.5 mi
- Friedman Memorial Forest: 1.7 mi
- Pinkham Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Perry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Threemile Hill: 2.5 mi
- Snow Hill: 2.5 mi
- Summer Hill: 2.6 mi
- Old root cellar: 6.0 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 6.2 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 7.1 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 7.9 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 6.8 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 6.9 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 7.0 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 7.3 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 7.0 mi
- U’s and C’s: 7.1 mi
- Copper Tower: 7.1 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 7.2 mi
- The Arc: 7.2 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 3.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 4.3 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 6.4 mi
- Wolf Rock: 8.4 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 11.4 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 7.2 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 7.3 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 7.3 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 10.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 5.6 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 6.0 mi
- Cargill Falls: 12.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 14.5 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 15.6 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 11.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 12.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.0 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 16.7 mi
- Coney Rock: 5.9 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Flag Rock: 17.0 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 21.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 6.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 8.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 8.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 10.3 mi
- Picnic: 10.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Bucket Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mine Hill | NNW 339° | 361 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sky Hill | NNW 332° | 331 m | 6.6 mi |
| Walker Mountain | N 359° | 325 m | 7.1 mi |
| Whifford Hill | WNW 285° | 291 m | 6.6 mi |
| Westford Hill | NW 317° | 290 m | 4.5 mi |
| Chandler Hill | N 9° | 278 m | 6.6 mi |
| Parker Mountain | WNW 297° | 275 m | 6.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 344° | 271 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359278046
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