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Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Mountain rises to 1,977 m in California. Ash Creek Butte stands 2,554 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabin Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1977 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.37349, -121.83250

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 12
Artworks: 10
  • Peaceful Warrior: 23.7 mi
  • Those Left Behind: 23.8 mi
  • Greatest Generation: 23.8 mi
  • POW - MIA: 23.9 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Upper Falls Day Use Area: 13.1 mi
  • Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 13.4 mi
  • Lakin Dam: 13.4 mi
  • Lower Falls Day Use Area: 14.0 mi
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Everett Memorial: 22.0 mi
  • Smithy: 22.8 mi
  • Ladies cabin: 22.8 mi
  • Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 23.7 mi
  • Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 23.7 mi
Parks: 4
Springs: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Red Banks: 19.1 mi
  • Red Banks: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Freudian System Cave: 11.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Heritage Junction Museum: 17.9 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ash Creek ButteWNW 295°2,554 m12.3 mi
Haight MountainNNW 328°2,434 m12.8 mi
West Haight MountainNW 323°2,430 m14.5 mi
Rainbow MountainNW 317°2,301 m9.4 mi
Dry Creek PeakNW 310°2,298 m9.6 mi
Medicine MountainNE 41°2,295 m17.4 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNNE 32°2,197 m16.8 mi
Garner MountainN 5°2,195 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:20
June solstice05:3520:0320:45
September equinox06:5618:3019:06
December solstice07:3115:5716:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363841465562706862524235
Precip in8.07.47.63.82.51.20.20.30.62.35.610.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccloud, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358799780

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