Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 1,376 m in Idaho. Slacks Mountain stands 2,219 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is French John Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016089, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1376 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Western Heritage Historic Byway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- French John Hill: 2.5 mi
- Shares Snout: 2.8 mi
- Tims Peak: 2.9 mi
- Windy Point: 3.1 mi
- Walker Benchmark: 3.9 mi
- Marsing Island Park: 12.4 mi
- Lower Dam Recreation Area--Deer Flat NWR: 16.8 mi
- Lake Lowell Park: 17.3 mi
- Mallard Park: 17.7 mi
- Fall River Park: 18.6 mi
- Melba Valley Museum: 17.7 mi
- Owyhee County Historical Society Museum and Library: 20.0 mi
- Nampa Train Depot Museum and Interpretive Center: 21.4 mi
- Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History: 21.6 mi
- Indian Creek Museum: 22.2 mi
- Horse Trap Spring: 12.9 mi
- Meadowlark Spring: 13.3 mi
- Mud Spring: 19.6 mi
- Briar Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cow trough: 20.1 mi
- Coal Bank: 9.6 mi
- Graveyard Rim: 13.0 mi
- Murphy Rim: 20.1 mi
- Gravelly Point: 20.8 mi
- The Tongue: 23.5 mi
- Nampa Christian Field: 20.8 mi
- Canyon County Veteran Memorial: 22.3 mi
- Wees Bar Petroglyphs: 23.4 mi
- Benjamin Priest Ranch: 24.7 mi
- Tate's Rents: 19.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.1 mi
- Caldwell Veteran's Garden: 22.6 mi
- Celebration Park: 18.7 mi
- Ford Idaho Center: 24.6 mi
- Jump Falls: 7.3 mi
- Givens Hot Springs: 9.2 mi
- Wilson Springs: 19.7 mi
- Jesus Christ: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slacks Mountain | SSE 161° | 2,219 m | 22.3 mi |
| Twin Peaks | S 176° | 2,142 m | 20.1 mi |
| Glass Hill | SSE 166° | 2,074 m | 21.8 mi |
| Puhitempi Kuaikatete | S 181° | 2,051 m | 7.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 154° | 2,015 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mahogany Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,985 m | 21.2 mi |
| Little Sugar Loaf | SSE 155° | 1,946 m | 21.4 mi |
| Rooster Comb Peak | SSE 169° | 1,918 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:49 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:28 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockville 5 N, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358654617
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- Nampa · 21 mi
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