Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 464 m in Missouri. Buford Mountain stands 531 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 37 miles off.
The story
Buck Mountain is a summit in southern St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Buck Mountain has an elevation of 1,529 feet (466 m). The mountain lies east of Missouri Route V about six miles northeast of Pilot Knob and about six miles southwest of Doe Run. Buck Mountain was so named on account of deer in the area.
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Wikidata Q28054369, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 464 m
How to reach it
- 37.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 28.5 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 1.0 mi
- Bread Tray Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.5 mi
- Murphy Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site: 6.7 mi
- Engler Park: 7.9 mi
- Hager Lake: 7.9 mi
- Sundale Park: 8.2 mi
- Elephant Rocks State Park: 8.7 mi
- Fort Davidson: 6.8 mi
- St. Joe Lead Federal Mill No.3: 11.6 mi
- Water Tower: 12.1 mi
- Floatation Tank 1: 12.1 mi
- Floatation Tank 2: 12.1 mi
- Valley Forge: 12.0 mi
- Berryman: 15.6 mi
- Shepard: 19.7 mi
- Pinkley: 19.7 mi
- Adelbert: 23.4 mi
- Hassler Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Lee Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Owl Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Council Bluffs: 20.7 mi
- Wild Hog Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Battle of Pilot Knob Museum: 6.7 mi
- Powerhouse: 12.1 mi
- Space Museum: 17.9 mi
- Bonne Terre Mine: 17.9 mi
- Taum Sauk Nature Museum: 19.1 mi
- Big Drop: 7.5 mi
- Cats Paw: 7.5 mi
- Mina Sauk Falls: 13.5 mi
- Johnson Shut-Ins: 18.9 mi
- Monsanto Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
- Pim Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
- Chapel Hill Beach: 21.7 mi
- White Oak Spring: 11.0 mi
- La Hae Spring: 20.0 mi
- Blue Springs: 23.7 mi
- Gruner Ford Access: 7.6 mi
- Bootleg Access: 16.6 mi
- Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Old Time Flea Market: 10.7 mi
- Turkey Creek Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Tip Top Roadside Park: 10.6 mi
- Double Arch: 15.9 mi
- Flyleaf: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Mountain | WNW 285° | 531 m | 9.1 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WNW 289° | 501 m | 4.0 mi |
| Stono Mountain | NNW 343° | 499 m | 3.8 mi |
| Oak Mountain | WSW 258° | 496 m | 5.4 mi |
| Shepherd Mountain | WSW 238° | 487 m | 7.5 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | WNW 296° | 481 m | 3.2 mi |
| Middlebrook Hill | W 268° | 478 m | 7.4 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SSW 194° | 473 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358067035
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