Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 482 m in New York. Moose Mountain stands 732 m to the west-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Essex County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 945041).
Wikidata Q34806560, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 482 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 26.4 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 27.1 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 11 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 21 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 22 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mine Hill: 0.6 mi
- Miller Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Keeney Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Breeds Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Rogers Slide: 7.5 mi
- Roger's Slide: 7.5 mi
- Campground Wall: 7.6 mi
- Jolly Roger Slab: 7.6 mi
- Bi-Centenial Park: 4.5 mi
- Carrilon Park: 4.5 mi
- Rogers Rock Campground Entrance: 7.9 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 8.4 mi
- East Creek Waterfowl Area: 8.8 mi
- Signal Buoy Island: 2.7 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 3.2 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 3.7 mi
- Lake George Forest Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Cook mountain: 6.2 mi
- Liberty Monument: 4.2 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 8.1 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 8.3 mi
- Fort Crown Point: 8.6 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 4.4 mi
- Schroon Falls: 14.4 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 14.8 mi
- Uncas Falls: 15.7 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 16.3 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 4.0 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 4.4 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 7.1 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 9.1 mi
- Bench and Table: 15.7 mi
- LOVE: 15.7 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 15.7 mi
- Smog: 15.7 mi
- Around and About: 15.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 9.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 9.4 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 10.1 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Island: 20.1 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 7.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 8.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 9.9 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 11.4 mi
- Park beach: 15.8 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 10.2 mi
- Nature preserve: 11.9 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 22.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 22.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 5.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 22.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Lucky Seven: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Mountain | WNW 294° | 732 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 322° | 705 m | 8.5 mi |
| Big Clear Pond Mountain | WSW 238° | 657 m | 8.5 mi |
| Blue Hill | NW 318° | 627 m | 8.5 mi |
| Old Fort Mountain | SSW 209° | 623 m | 5.2 mi |
| Knob Mountain | W 270° | 617 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bald Pate | W 276° | 593 m | 5.5 mi |
| Peaked Hill | WSW 242° | 593 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:56 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551260
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 3 mi
- Middlebury · 17 mi
- Westport · 19 mi
- Elizabethtown · 21 mi
- Lake George · 21 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
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