Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 1,020 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the east, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Buell Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34806588, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,020 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 9.0 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 18.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 13.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint to East · 5 mi
- River Overlook · 14 mi
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buell Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lewey Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Onion Hill: 2.1 mi
- Snowy Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sturges Hills: 3.0 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 5.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Christine Falls: 14.1 mi
- Byron Park: 10.9 mi
- shuffle board: 14.6 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 18.7 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 19.1 mi
- Poplar Point Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 13.7 mi
- Mini Route 66: 14.2 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 18.9 mi
- Big Rock: 21.1 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 4.8 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 7.2 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 17.9 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 18.1 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 19.5 mi
- Long Beach: 6.3 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 6.3 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 11.0 mi
- Silver Beach: 12.1 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 22.4 mi
- The Crags: 14.7 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Echo Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Moxham Point: 23.8 mi
- Wayout Wall: 24.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 5.2 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 15.4 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 10.5 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 11.4 mi
- Pendleton: 22.0 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 12.1 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 13.9 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 22.4 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 4.7 mi
- Iron Cross: 10.3 mi
- Rafting: 10.1 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | E 81° | 1,166 m | 2.5 mi |
| Panther Mountain | NE 38° | 1,146 m | 3.7 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | NW 306° | 1,143 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lewey Mountain | S 186° | 1,117 m | 2.1 mi |
| Buell Mountain | NE 46° | 1,114 m | 2.1 mi |
| Little Moose Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,100 m | 6.9 mi |
| Pillsbury Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,094 m | 8.7 mi |
| Manbury Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,053 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:00 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:37 | 16:24 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indian Lake 2SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551234
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