Bucks Hill
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
- 25.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bucks Hill Park: 1.1 mi
- Sunrise Park: 1.7 mi
- Waterville Park: 1.8 mi
- Fort Hill Park: 1.9 mi
- Peterson Park: 2.0 mi
- American Italian Civic Club Park: 1.4 mi
- Camp Mattatuck: 1.6 mi
- Sylvan Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Wolcott Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Little League Field: 3.1 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 3.6 mi
- Watertown History Museum: 4.8 mi
- Lock Museum of America: 4.9 mi
- Railroad Museum of New England: 5.0 mi
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 5.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Clinton Hill: 1.1 mi
- Birch Hill: 1.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wood Key Hill: 2.0 mi
- Becar Hill: 2.1 mi
- Rock House: 3.9 mi
- Libby's Lump: 4.9 mi
- Tory's Den: 7.8 mi
- Boynton Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- Bethlehem Green Historic District: 9.7 mi
- 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
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.7 mi
- Nonnewaug Falls: 7.3 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 7.4 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 8.7 mi
- East Meadow Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
- 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
- Boating Side: 1.9 mi
- Waterfront: 1.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 5.0 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 11.3 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dudley Town: 21.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | NE 55° | 313 m | 4.9 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | ENE 71° | 312 m | 3.2 mi |
| Camp Hill | NW 323° | 311 m | 7.9 mi |
| Lattin Hill | NW 320° | 310 m | 6.9 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NW 318° | 307 m | 6.9 mi |
| Clinton Hill | NE 51° | 303 m | 1.1 mi |
| Becar Hill | ENE 65° | 297 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Hope | NNE 20° | 297 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359260822
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