Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 438 m in Virginia. North Marshall stands 1,024 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 438 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 28.0 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Run Overlook · 8 mi
- Compton Peak West · 9 mi
- Compton Peak East · 9 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apple Mountain Park: 5.8 mi
- Linden Park: 6.6 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 9.2 mi
- Bowman Park: 9.9 mi
- Lions Park: 10.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Wind Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hardscrabble Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Oventop: 2.2 mi
- Red Oak Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 10.6 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 17.8 mi
- Cider Stage: 19.1 mi
- Pathway Puzzle Maze: 19.1 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 19.1 mi
- Snowden Ruins: 8.8 mi
- Snead Farm: 9.5 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 9.6 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 9.6 mi
- White Post: 14.1 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 9.6 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 9.7 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 16.2 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 16.9 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 18.3 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 9.8 mi
- Warrior Statue: 17.1 mi
- Carol: 21.8 mi
- The Peacemakers: 22.0 mi
- Bird In Flight: 22.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.7 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 8.7 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 17.0 mi
- Harmony Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 17.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 7.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 10.5 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 11.8 mi
- Arlington Outdoor Lab: 16.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 17.3 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 10.5 mi
- Senior Garden: 13.5 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 13.5 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Founders Garden: 17.2 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 9.2 mi
- Miller Falls: 11.5 mi
- Greasy Falls: 14.5 mi
- Pua Falls: 15.5 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 15.5 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 9.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 23.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 16.4 mi
- River Access: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Marshall | WSW 237° | 1,024 m | 11.4 mi |
| South Marshall | WSW 239° | 979 m | 12.3 mi |
| The Peak | SW 227° | 889 m | 10.7 mi |
| Compton Peak | WSW 248° | 887 m | 8.7 mi |
| Carson Mountain | WSW 253° | 780 m | 8.2 mi |
| Dickey Hill | W 266° | 740 m | 9.8 mi |
| High Knob | WNW 287° | 728 m | 4.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | N 0° | 674 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583310
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 17 mi
- Loudoun County · 26 mi
- Bristow · 28 mi
- Northern Virginia · 29 mi
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