Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 442 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Warren County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 442 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gooney Run Overlook · 2 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 2 mi
- Gooney Manor Overlook · 2 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastham Park: 4.8 mi
- Front Royal Park: 5.0 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 5.1 mi
- Ed Stump Playground: 5.5 mi
- Skyline Soccerplex: 5.6 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Dickey Hill: 1.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Allens Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Carson Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Snead Farm: 2.2 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 5.8 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 5.8 mi
- Indian Grave: 8.9 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 12.0 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 5.8 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 5.8 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 11.7 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 12.3 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 14.6 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 5.7 mi
- Warrior Statue: 16.2 mi
- Love: 18.1 mi
- The Peacemakers: 22.6 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 22.7 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 8.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.1 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 15.2 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 15.3 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 16.3 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 2.9 mi
- Miller Falls: 4.7 mi
- Greasy Falls: 5.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 5.2 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 5.2 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 4.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 17.1 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 17.2 mi
- The Garden Maze: 18.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 7.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.2 mi
- Three High Heads: 20.0 mi
- Dog Cliff: 21.0 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 2.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 16.2 mi
- Pavilian: 16.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 24.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 3.7 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 5.1 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 14.7 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 20.1 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 15.1 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 19.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 22.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,056 m | 6.0 mi |
| North Marshall | SSE 157° | 1,024 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSW 203° | 985 m | 6.8 mi |
| South Marshall | SSE 168° | 979 m | 5.1 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | S 191° | 940 m | 6.0 mi |
| Pass Mountain | SSW 200° | 915 m | 11.8 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 148° | 889 m | 6.8 mi |
| Compton Peak | ESE 117° | 887 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560496
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 26 mi
- Middleburg · 28 mi
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