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Bucks Hill

Bucks Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bucks Hill rises to 268 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 313 m to the northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Clinton Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 25 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31807698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
268 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60815, -73.02427

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
  • Cascade: 1.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Cascade: 3.5 mi
  • Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Nonnewaug Falls: 7.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Soldiers' Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Veterans Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Clock-On-The-Green: 3.7 mi
  • Carrie Welton Fountain: 3.7 mi
  • Father McGivney Monument: 3.8 mi
Gardens
  • Japanese Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Sustainable Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Biblical Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 54
Artworks: 50
  • Ben Franklin: 3.8 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 3.9 mi
  • Maori Head: 3.9 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 4.0 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 1.8 mi
  • Satan's Dog Bowl: 4.2 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.7 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.8 mi
  • Bethel Rock: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 16
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 2.0 mi
  • Pond View: 22.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 23.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 23.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Bucks Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainNE 55°313 m4.9 mi
Lindsley HillENE 71°312 m3.2 mi
Camp HillNW 323°311 m7.9 mi
Lattin HillNW 320°310 m6.9 mi
Walnut HillNW 318°307 m6.9 mi
Clinton HillNE 51°303 m1.1 mi
Becar HillENE 65°297 m2.1 mi
Mount HopeNNE 20°297 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1919:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1615:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359260822

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