Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 1,113 m in Virginia. Reddish Knob stands 1,338 m to the north-northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bald Knob, a peak 2.4 miles away. Camp Allegheny Backway passes 25 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1113 m
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 25.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 29.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Bald Knob: 2.4 mi
- Sand Spring Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Dyers Knob: 2.7 mi
- Reddish Knob: 3.0 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 7.0 mi
- Skidmore Fork Scenic Area: 7.0 mi
- Riven Rock Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Brandywine Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Thorn Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
- Hiner Spring: 5.8 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 7.0 mi
- Maple Spring: 9.1 mi
- Beaver Creek Spring: 10.5 mi
- Red Oak Spring: 12.8 mi
- Old Sexton Cabin: 9.1 mi
- Fort Edward Johnson (1862): 11.1 mi
- Confederate Breastworks Interpretive Site: 11.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 14.5 mi
- Fort Harrison: 15.9 mi
- Bridgewater Historical Society: 14.0 mi
- Highland County Museum: 15.3 mi
- Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center: 17.4 mi
- Augusta Military Academy Museum: 18.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 19.0 mi
- Love Essence: 19.2 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 19.2 mi
- Flames: 19.3 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 19.3 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 19.3 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 13.4 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 19.0 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 19.3 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 19.7 mi
- Heishman Garden: 19.2 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 19.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 19.9 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 20.6 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 20.8 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 13.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 14.1 mi
- Trinity Point: 15.6 mi
- Byrd Point: 23.9 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 15.2 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 21.0 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 21.7 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 19.0 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reddish Knob | NNW 348° | 1,338 m | 3.0 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | NNE 22° | 1,336 m | 6.7 mi |
| Slate Springs Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,332 m | 6.5 mi |
| Freezland Flat | SW 229° | 1,325 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bother Knob | N 10° | 1,323 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SW 219° | 1,320 m | 2.4 mi |
| Hardscrabble Knob | SW 233° | 1,305 m | 6.1 mi |
| Tearjacket Knob | WSW 236° | 1,289 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570769
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