Buck Mountain
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Buck Mountain rises to 729 m in New York. Kempshall Mountain stands 1,021 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Buck Mountain is a mountain in the Adirondack Mountains region of New York. It is located in Long Lake, New York, southwest of Tupper Lake in Hamilton County. The Buck Mountain Fire Observation Station is located on top of the mountain. In 2023, a newly constructed 1.2-mile trail opened that provided public access to the long-restricted fire tower.
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Wikidata Q34806621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 729 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 8.1 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 12.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 14.2 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 24 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 27 mi
- view · 28 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cat Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Coney Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mosquito Pond Hill: 4.4 mi
- Grampus Lake Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Big Brook Hills: 4.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.8 mi
- Raquette Falls: 12.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.3 mi
- Millers Falls: 16.5 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 1.4 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 2.2 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 15.6 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 18.6 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 21.9 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 7.7 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 7.9 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 8.2 mi
- Flanders Park: 12.5 mi
- Byron Park: 23.3 mi
- Long Lake Boat Tours: 7.7 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 17.6 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.8 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.8 mi
- Great Camp Sagamore Tours: 20.5 mi
- Pendleton: 16.8 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 19.9 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 20.1 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 23.7 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 12.4 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 12.6 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 13.6 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 14.5 mi
- Silver Beach: 16.3 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 17.7 mi
- The Crags: 16.0 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.8 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Iron Cross: 19.8 mi
- Rafting: 22.6 mi
- Tahawus: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempshall Mountain | E 101° | 1,021 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tongue Mountain | SE 136° | 964 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Morris | NNE 21° | 950 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tirrell Mountain | SE 142° | 900 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Sabattis | SE 140° | 866 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Blue Mountain | SSE 167° | 852 m | 12.0 mi |
| Owls Head Mountain | SSE 166° | 848 m | 7.0 mi |
| Grampus Lake Mountain | E 100° | 845 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
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 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tupper Lake Sunmount, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551273
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