Buck Mesa
Buck Mesa rises to 473 m in California. High Point stands 1,873 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wiens Family Cellars, a attraction 1.2 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729831, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 473 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Renzoni Lawn: 1.9 mi
- Glenoak Hills Park: 1.9 mi
- Lake Skinner Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Pauba Ridge Park: 3.6 mi
- Butterfield Stage Park: 4.0 mi
- Oak Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Bachelor Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Roundtop: 6.8 mi
- Wild Horse Peak: 7.8 mi
- Wiens Family Cellars: 1.2 mi
- Wilson Creek Wine Tasting: 1.2 mi
- Ponte Family Estate: 1.3 mi
- South Coast Winery: 1.6 mi
- Van Roekel Vineyard & Winery: 1.8 mi
- Adobe Spring: 1.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 5.1 mi
- Pechanga Hot Springs: 6.9 mi
- Sawyer Spring: 9.6 mi
- Duval Spring: 12.7 mi
- Dylan Key: 4.8 mi
- Chloe Honeycutt Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Eldon Rotz Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Sara M. Margiotta Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Anthony Fowler Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Student Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Redhawk Elementry School Garden: 6.4 mi
- Romantic Garden: 6.7 mi
- Boos Family Courtyard: 6.7 mi
- Vogel Family Iris Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Little Temecula History Center: 5.9 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 6.5 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 7.7 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 7.7 mi
- Western Science Center: 11.8 mi
- Emerson Oaks Reserve: 5.0 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 12.7 mi
- Double Butte County Park: 13.3 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 14.9 mi
- Gird Valley Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 6.1 mi
- Employee Break Area: 7.4 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Silvercrest Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Lake Hemet Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Horse: 4.8 mi
- Redhawk Logo: 5.9 mi
- A Child's Wonderland: 6.2 mi
- Hungry Wolf: 7.3 mi
- Old Town Arch: 7.6 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 11.7 mi
- Upper Barker Valley Falls: 19.4 mi
- Lower Barker Valley Falls: 19.5 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 21.4 mi
- Ortega Falls: 23.8 mi
- Leon: 8.7 mi
- Pinacate: 19.3 mi
- Willard: 21.9 mi
- Terra Cotta: 23.0 mi
- Perris Beach: 24.3 mi
- Moreno Beach: 24.3 mi
- Oak Cliff: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buck Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | SE 138° | 1,873 m | 16.4 mi |
| Birch Hill | SSE 147° | 1,737 m | 19.0 mi |
| Gordon Point | SSE 152° | 1,722 m | 13.4 mi |
| Cahuilla Mountain | E 80° | 1,719 m | 14.3 mi |
| Morgan Hill | SSE 152° | 1,718 m | 13.2 mi |
| Beauty Peak | ESE 111° | 1,690 m | 18.8 mi |
| Boucher Hill | SSE 156° | 1,651 m | 15.4 mi |
| Aguanga Mountain | SE 135° | 1,648 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660386 — Buck Mesa, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807861
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