Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 701 m in New York. Mount Morris stands 950 m to the east, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 976048)
Wikidata Q34806651, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 701 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 6.1 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 18.2 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 24.0 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Wheeler Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Berkley Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Center Pond Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Jamestown Falls: 10.8 mi
- High Falls: 15.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 15.8 mi
- Raquette Falls: 16.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.2 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 9.3 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 9.4 mi
- Ampersand Primitive Area: 17.5 mi
- Middle Saranac Lake Boat Launch: 19.3 mi
- Orebed Creek State Forest: 23.5 mi
- Flanders Park: 9.6 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 17.7 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 18.0 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 18.3 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 10.2 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 10.7 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 23.6 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 10.6 mi
- Silver Beach: 24.5 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 24.5 mi
- Long Lake Boat Tours: 17.8 mi
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area: 22.4 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 19.7 mi
- The Crags: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morris | E 98° | 950 m | 8.5 mi |
| Grampus Lake Mountain | SE 133° | 845 m | 13.7 mi |
| Rock Pond Mountain | SE 124° | 841 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Matumbla | NNE 28° | 818 m | 8.4 mi |
| Long Tom Mountain | SW 226° | 790 m | 3.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 94° | 785 m | 11.4 mi |
| Arab Mountain | ENE 57° | 772 m | 3.6 mi |
| Silver Lake Mountain | SSW 212° | 771 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:02 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357602995
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