Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 2,360 m in New Mexico. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the west-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mills Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America; geonames ID = 5459108.
Wikidata Q49016107, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,360 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mills Peak: 0.8 mi
- Coyote Mesa: 1.4 mi
- Salt Peak: 1.7 mi
- Granite Knob: 2.7 mi
- Monjeau Peak: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Creek Sports Complex: 2.7 mi
- Ruidoso Winter Park: 2.8 mi
- North Park: 4.9 mi
- Windy Point: 5.6 mi
- White Mountain Recreation Complex: 5.8 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 7.1 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 8.7 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 8.8 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 9.7 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 10.3 mi
- Fox Cave: 10.3 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 17.1 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 23.2 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 23.7 mi
- Donkey Statue: 18.3 mi
- H22: 24.9 mi
- White Oaks: 21.7 mi
- Robsart: 22.5 mi
- Old Mill: 8.0 mi
- Padilla Springs: 15.5 mi
- The Palisades: 18.6 mi
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | WSW 240° | 3,620 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 247° | 3,518 m | 8.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WSW 249° | 3,276 m | 6.3 mi |
| White Horse Hill | W 266° | 3,111 m | 9.0 mi |
| Summit Peak | ENE 57° | 3,103 m | 21.7 mi |
| Nogal Peak | WNW 300° | 2,966 m | 8.2 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | W 262° | 2,942 m | 3.0 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | N 351° | 2,932 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:22 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruidoso, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592510
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