Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 814 m in New York. Tenant Mountain stands 841 m to the northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is third falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Saratoga County, New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34806645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 814 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 12.9 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 21.3 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 15.7 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- view east · 14 mi
- River Overlook · 16 mi
- The Narrows · 21 mi
- Cobble lookout · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waterfront Park: 7.7 mi
- Parker's Corner Park: 8.2 mi
- Edinburg Town Park: 9.3 mi
- Sam Spread Town Park: 14.7 mi
- Dean Mountain Whitewhater Park: 14.7 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Colson Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Rand Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Rice Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Sawyer Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cathead Mountain Primitive Area: 8.2 mi
- Forks Mountain Primitive Area: 10.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Corinth Resevoir Recreation Area: 15.2 mi
- Lake Desolation State Forest: 15.2 mi
- Mini Route 66: 15.5 mi
- Hyzer Creek Disc Golf Course: 17.4 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 19.0 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 22.4 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 22.4 mi
- third falls: 1.1 mi
- second falls: 1.2 mi
- first falls: 1.9 mi
- Auger Falls: 10.5 mi
- Eggleston Falls: 10.7 mi
- Nellie Tyrell Museum: 8.2 mi
- Edinburg Rural Museum: 8.3 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 15.9 mi
- The Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum: 20.4 mi
- Fulton County Museum: 21.0 mi
- Old Crane Mt Fire Tower Location: 17.1 mi
- paint mine: 18.0 mi
- Fenton Farm: 20.2 mi
- pump house: 21.7 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 22.3 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 16.8 mi
- Wayout Wall: 17.4 mi
- Lost Hunter's: 19.4 mi
- Lost T: 19.8 mi
- McMartin: 19.8 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
- Nature Center Pavillion: 22.7 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 22.9 mi
- Usher Park: 23.1 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 23.8 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 7.7 mi
- Elisha Yale: 20.9 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 21.4 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 24.1 mi
- Wayside Beach: 15.4 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 15.8 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 20.8 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 24.9 mi
- Fremont Street Garden: 22.3 mi
- Arboretum: 24.5 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenant Mountain | NE 38° | 841 m | 2.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | WSW 256° | 828 m | 9.6 mi |
| Hadley Mountain | ENE 70° | 807 m | 9.3 mi |
| Thompson Mountain | NE 46° | 802 m | 8.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ESE 105° | 793 m | 1.4 mi |
| Gene Edwards Mountain | NNE 22° | 793 m | 2.1 mi |
| Slip Mountain | ENE 61° | 787 m | 4.9 mi |
| Wheeler Mountain | NE 50° | 774 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:58 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:38 | 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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conklingville DAM, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551220
Day trips start here
- Saratoga Springs · 26 mi
- Ballston Spa · 27 mi
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