Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 598 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Starkey Youth Soccer Fields, a park 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016167, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 598 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 3 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 5 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 1.4 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 1.7 mi
- Otter Park: 2.4 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.6 mi
- Bent Tree Dog Park: 3.0 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.8 mi
- McIlhaney Hill: 1.8 mi
- Roanoke Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Masons Knob: 3.1 mi
- Destroyed Parking Lot as of 6/3/18: 4.0 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Rorer Hall: 5.9 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 6.0 mi
- Caboose: 5.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 6.0 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 6.0 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 6.1 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 6.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 4.5 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 5.3 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 5.8 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 6.0 mi
- The Solar Wind: 8.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 4.9 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 6.0 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 6.0 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 8.9 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 11.7 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 5.5 mi
- Explore Park: 8.0 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 13.3 mi
- Carvins Cove: 13.7 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 4.7 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Beale Garden: 11.5 mi
- Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 15.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Cracker Point: 23.3 mi
- Calico Rock: 23.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.8 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 21.3 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 12.2 mi
- Camp Creek: 12.3 mi
- Spring Well #25: 14.8 mi
- Howrytown: 17.9 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | W 273° | 1,141 m | 9.6 mi |
| Cahas Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,083 m | 5.5 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NW 309° | 998 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WSW 247° | 975 m | 7.6 mi |
| McAfee Knob | NNW 347° | 974 m | 14.3 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WSW 247° | 972 m | 7.6 mi |
| Masons Knob | WSW 249° | 961 m | 3.1 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | WSW 256° | 935 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583306
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 6 mi
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