Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 785 m in New York. Seward Mountain stands 1,319 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Morris, a peak 2.9 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Franklin County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 945045)
Wikidata Q34806573, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 785 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 4.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 12.9 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 21.1 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Morris: 2.9 mi
- Spruce Top: 4.8 mi
- Goodman Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Panther Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Coney Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Flanders Park: 5.0 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 13.1 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 13.3 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 13.6 mi
- Town of Harrietstown Bike Park: 17.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.6 mi
- Raquette Falls: 4.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.8 mi
- Millers Falls: 11.0 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.5 mi
- Long Lake Boat Tours: 13.1 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 17.5 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.4 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 18.4 mi
- Mckenzie Pond Bouldering Access (appx): 18.7 mi
- Pendleton: 16.7 mi
- Plane Crash Site: 17.9 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 18.8 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Strategic Air Command Memorial: 21.6 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 4.0 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 4.6 mi
- Historic Saranac Lake / Laboratory Museum: 18.1 mi
- Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage: 18.5 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 20.3 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 6.6 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 9.2 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 10.4 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 11.2 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 18.4 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 18.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 20.4 mi
- Goolds Garden: 21.0 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Wallface: 18.9 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 24.4 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 21.3 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 21.9 mi
- Lake Placid Public Beach: 23.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 17.5 mi
- Tahawus: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seward Mountain | E 91° | 1,319 m | 10.8 mi |
| Donaldson Mountain | E 94° | 1,238 m | 10.2 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | E 92° | 1,236 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Emmons | E 98° | 1,226 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sawtooth #2 | E 81° | 1,164 m | 13.9 mi |
| Couchsachraga Peak | ESE 110° | 1,157 m | 13.5 mi |
| Little Santanoni Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,058 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sawtooth #5 | E 86° | 1,055 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tupper Lake Sunmount, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551287
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