Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 1,025 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east-southeast, 0.8 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016153, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,025 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 28.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- White's Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Buena Vista Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 0.8 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Fletcher Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cole Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Charlie Taylor Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 8.3 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 11.2 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 11.3 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Jackson's Classroom: 11.3 mi
- Laurel Park: 5.7 mi
- Penny Park: 6.3 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 6.9 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 8.5 mi
- Jordan's Point: 11.0 mi
- Knight Statue: 6.2 mi
- Peristyle: 6.2 mi
- George Washington: 11.3 mi
- The Cannonball: 11.3 mi
- George C. Marshall: 11.3 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 11.3 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 11.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 11.5 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 11.5 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 13.3 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 5.5 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 11.4 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 11.6 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 17.1 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 17.5 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 1.4 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 2.2 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 2.8 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 5.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 20.6 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 21.3 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 22.4 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 22.8 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 23.0 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 2.8 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 15.8 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 19.1 mi
- Panther Falls: 3.8 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 14.8 mi
- Lace Falls: 18.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 21.3 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.3 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 19.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 22.9 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | ESE 108° | 1,232 m | 0.8 mi |
| Pompey Peak | E 80° | 1,229 m | 3.9 mi |
| Elk Pond Mountain | NE 40° | 1,226 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 93° | 1,223 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cole Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,197 m | 1.9 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | E 85° | 1,061 m | 2.6 mi |
| Brush Mountain | NE 50° | 1,049 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 95° | 1,034 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570767
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 23 mi
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