Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 802 m in New York. Panther Mountain stands 1,146 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Buck Mountain is a mountain located in Adirondack Mountains of New York located in the Town of Indian Lake northeast of Blue Mountain Lake.
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Wikidata Q34806605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 802 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 2.6 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 5.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 23.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 14 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 20 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- River Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tirrell Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Peaked Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tongue Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 13.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 15.9 mi
- Upper Falls: 17.8 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 11.9 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 13.8 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 17.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 19.3 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 22.1 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 12.3 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 13.6 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 22.1 mi
- Big Rock: 24.4 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 2.9 mi
- Silver Beach: 10.9 mi
- Long Beach: 14.2 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 24.8 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 5.3 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 5.6 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 5.9 mi
- Byron Park: 10.6 mi
- Flanders Park: 23.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 2.0 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 22.9 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 23.3 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 24.4 mi
- Pendleton: 10.9 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 13.5 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 14.2 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 21.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 4.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 15.1 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
- The Crags: 12.9 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Moxham Point: 23.8 mi
- Rafting: 9.7 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 20.6 mi
- Iron Cross: 13.2 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 17.7 mi
- Tahawus: 20.8 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Mountain | S 176° | 1,146 m | 10.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | S 173° | 1,143 m | 1.2 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,143 m | 12.0 mi |
| Buell Mountain | S 181° | 1,114 m | 12.0 mi |
| Dun Brook Mountain | E 89° | 1,086 m | 4.2 mi |
| Fishing Brook Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,082 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kempshall Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,021 m | 10.0 mi |
| Metcalf Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,007 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551254
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