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Buck Point

Buck Point, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Point is a cliff in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 223 m. Phinney Hill stands 327 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mound, a peak 4.0 miles away. Osage Nation Heritage Trail Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
223 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73869, -96.06971

80 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • Douglass Park: 4.2 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 4.6 mi
  • South Side Park: 4.7 mi
  • Phillips 66 Plaza Park: 5.0 mi
  • Frank Phillips Park: 5.1 mi
Museums: 11
  • Phillips 66 Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Bartlesville Area History Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Frank Phillips Home: 5.2 mi
  • Woolaroc Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Tom Mix Museum: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 8
Artworks: 8
  • Buffalo: 5.4 mi
  • Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam: 6.4 mi
  • Flying Eagle: 6.4 mi
  • Train Car: 15.4 mi
  • Boy Scouts Camping: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • AT&SF NO.940: 5.1 mi
  • Bartlesville Gravity Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Caney Valley Speedway: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • The South Garden: 6.3 mi
  • The Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Woolaroc Wildlife Preserve: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bluestem Lake Falls: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bluestem Lake Public Beach: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phinney HillWSW 240°327 m24.2 mi
Wooster MoundSW 236°320 m16.6 mi
Artillery MountainNNW 331°310 m18.7 mi
Twin MoundsWNW 288°309 m10.4 mi
Blue MoundENE 68°305 m14.7 mi
Sundown HillN 6°286 m11.2 mi
The MoundENE 74°263 m4.0 mi
Twin MoundsSSE 154°252 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:36
June solstice06:0620:0920:47
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3416:3217:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353948586776817971594737
Precip in2.01.92.94.04.95.33.73.33.53.52.52.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartlesville 3, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357387318

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