Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 1,566 m in California. Mokelumne Peak stands 2,837 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35729839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1566 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 13 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Fort Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Devils Nose: 6.6 mi
- Manuel Peak: 9.0 mi
- White Pines Park: 7.7 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 8.3 mi
- West Point State Historic Landmark: 8.6 mi
- Sandy Gulch State Historic Landmark: 8.7 mi
- Sandy Gulch Field Baseball Park: 8.7 mi
- Sugar Spring: 6.0 mi
- San Antonio Spring: 7.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.2 mi
- Hermit Spring: 8.0 mi
- Cottage Spring: 8.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 7.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 7.7 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 15.0 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 15.1 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 17.5 mi
- Murphys: 17.1 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 19.7 mi
- Vallecito Western Mine: 20.7 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 21.8 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 21.9 mi
- Campfire Center: 7.6 mi
- Big Stump: 7.6 mi
- California Caverns: 14.0 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 14.3 mi
- Mercer Caverns: 16.5 mi
- Oak Leaf: 9.5 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 21.1 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 21.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- McKays Point: 9.9 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 11.1 mi
- Bloods Point: 18.4 mi
- Machado Postpile: 24.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 24.1 mi
- Beach 1: 24.2 mi
- Beach 2: 24.3 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 9.6 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 11.3 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 20.4 mi
- Middle Bar: 21.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.9 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mokelumne Peak | NE 53° | 2,837 m | 18.8 mi |
| Reba | ENE 64° | 2,695 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Reba | ENE 64° | 2,663 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bear Top | ENE 66° | 2,589 m | 19.0 mi |
| Plasse Peak | NE 39° | 2,576 m | 21.4 mi |
| Koala Top | ENE 66° | 2,523 m | 19.7 mi |
| Flagpole Point | ENE 68° | 2,413 m | 15.3 mi |
| Osborne Hill | ENE 70° | 2,381 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358804149
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