Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 432 m in Tennessee. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Verble Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1278832).
Wikidata Q31664331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 432 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Verble Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Algood Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Ward Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Jones Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Fantasy Park: 2.9 mi
- Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Algood Park: 3.4 mi
- Putnam County Sports Complex: 4.0 mi
- Cinderella Park: 4.9 mi
- Dave Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Hardscrabble Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Rocky Bar: 10.8 mi
- Harris Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 5.4 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 5.4 mi
- City Lake Falls: 6.8 mi
- Savannah Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cummins Falls: 8.0 mi
- Cookeville Childrens Museum: 6.3 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 6.3 mi
- Depot Museum: 6.5 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 6.8 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 10.6 mi
- Sunset Rock: 21.1 mi
- East Point Marina: 22.8 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 23.3 mi
- good landing beach: 24.7 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 5.6 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 12.1 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 5.7 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 6.2 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 7.6 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Mountain | ESE 109° | 616 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | ESE 102° | 597 m | 10.8 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | ESE 119° | 593 m | 5.4 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | E 98° | 592 m | 14.5 mi |
| Verble Knobs | ESE 122° | 587 m | 14.1 mi |
| Copeland Mountain | E 101° | 585 m | 10.5 mi |
| Harris Mountain | ENE 76° | 582 m | 8.7 mi |
| Gunter Mountain | ESE 105° | 580 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cookeville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356790811
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