Bucks Lake Wilderness
Bucks Lake Wilderness is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,021 m. Mount Hough stands 2,201 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pleasant, a peak 1.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Forest Service
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pleasant: 1.4 mi
- Bald Eagle Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bucks Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Spanish Peak: 4.0 mi
- Red Hill: 5.4 mi
- Gansner Park: 12.8 mi
- Dame Shirley: 13.0 mi
- Central Plumas Recreation & Parks District: 14.9 mi
- Pioneer Park: 14.9 mi
- Mount Hough State Game Refuge: 15.8 mi
- Sandy Point Day Use: 3.9 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- East Shore Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Elephant Butte: 10.6 mi
- Marble Cone: 12.6 mi
- Rocky Point: 14.2 mi
- Limestone Point: 17.5 mi
- East China Point: 19.1 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 13.1 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 13.1 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 22.1 mi
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 24.3 mi
- Indian Falls: 14.1 mi
- Curtain Falls: 21.3 mi
- Feather Falls: 22.3 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Frog Spring: 11.9 mi
- Cold Springs: 14.2 mi
- Little Cub Spring: 20.4 mi
- Massack Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Lake Almanor Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Westwood Beach: 21.5 mi
- Catfish Beach: 24.3 mi
- Vehicle: 14.6 mi
- Bunnel Point: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Bucks Lake Wilderness. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hough | ENE 70° | 2,201 m | 17.3 mi |
| Locke Peak | NW 316° | 2,182 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bald Eagle Mountain | SW 236° | 2,179 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 81° | 2,150 m | 1.4 mi |
| Snow Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,127 m | 14.1 mi |
| Spanish Peak | ESE 116° | 2,126 m | 4.0 mi |
| Claremont | ESE 112° | 2,106 m | 14.2 mi |
| East Claremont | ESE 110° | 2,091 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 7.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quincy, 13 mi away.
- fireweed8 obs
- Leopard Lily5 obs
- Snowplant4 obs
- White-lined Sphinx3 obs
- Corn Lily3 obs
- Rose Spirea3 obs
- California Jacob's ladder3 obs
- Pacific chorus frog2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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