Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 641 m in New York. Dix Mountain stands 1,473 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73) passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 945042).
Wikidata Q34806567, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 641 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 12.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 20.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ridge Lookout · 7 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 7 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 8 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Saunders Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Jug Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Wyman Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Far Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Deadwater cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 5.5 mi
- Sunshine City: 5.8 mi
- Birch Wall: 5.8 mi
- Vanity Face: 5.8 mi
- Swimming hole and water fall: 3.2 mi
- Shoebox Falls: 4.5 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 6.2 mi
- Fairy Ladder Falls: 6.5 mi
- Beede Brook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lower Ausable Lake Dam: 7.5 mi
- Canyon Bridge Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 11.4 mi
- Meacham House: 12.6 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 9.4 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 13.9 mi
- Bandstand Park: 14.7 mi
- Thrall Dam Park: 16.8 mi
- Boquet River Primitive Area: 5.8 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 6.9 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Johns Brook Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 15.3 mi
- Airplane Wreckage: 15.4 mi
- Mountain Pass Lodge: 15.8 mi
- Lake Placid Bobsled Experience at Mt. Van Hoevenberg: 15.8 mi
- Cliffside Coaster: 15.9 mi
- Nature preserve: 17.4 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 12.2 mi
- The Iron Center: 12.8 mi
- Adirondack History Museum: 13.3 mi
- Adirondack history center museum: 13.4 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 14.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 12.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 12.9 mi
- Park beach: 14.7 mi
- Westport Beach: 17.0 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 21.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 12.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 12.8 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 13.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 13.3 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 21.6 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 2.2 mi
- Tahawus: 16.7 mi
- Big Wooden Bear (8'): 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dix Mountain | NW 306° | 1,473 m | 4.4 mi |
| Beck-horn | NW 305° | 1,455 m | 4.3 mi |
| Nippletop | WNW 301° | 1,393 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hough Peak | WNW 299° | 1,341 m | 3.6 mi |
| Rocky Peak Ridge | N 4° | 1,338 m | 7.6 mi |
| Macomb Mountain | W 279° | 1,336 m | 3.3 mi |
| South Dix | WNW 290° | 1,242 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Colvin | WNW 300° | 1,235 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:58 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Placid 2 S, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551267
Day trips start here
- Elizabethtown · 12 mi
- Crown Point · 15 mi
- Westport · 17 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
- Middlebury · 28 mi
Take the scenic way to Buck Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.