Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 760 m in New York. Snowy Mountain stands 1,166 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Squirrel Top, a peak 0.9 miles away. Central Adirondack Trail passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the town of Arietta, Hamilton County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34806597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 760 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 9.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 15.5 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 21.8 mi off the Southern Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Rocky Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 14 mi
- River Overlook · 22 mi
- Balfour Lake overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Squirrel Top: 0.9 mi
- Estelle Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Green Top: 1.6 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Wakely Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 13.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 13.7 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Dug Mountain Brook Upper Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 15.3 mi
- Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 15.5 mi
- Long Lake Town Beach: 15.7 mi
- Fourth Lake Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Byron Park: 16.2 mi
- Raquette Lake Navigation Co.: 4.6 mi
- Big Rock: 13.8 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 18.5 mi
- McCauley Mountain Ski Area: 20.0 mi
- Mini Route 66: 22.2 mi
- Wakely Mountain Primitive Area: 4.3 mi
- Dug Mountain Primitive Area: 16.2 mi
- DEC Little Tupper Lake Headquarters: 19.0 mi
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area: 20.2 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 24.2 mi
- Silver Beach: 3.4 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
- Long Beach: 14.5 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.5 mi
- Iron Cross: 1.7 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 13.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 19.9 mi
- Sugar Shack Ruins: 2.0 mi
- Gate House Ruins: 3.0 mi
- Pendleton: 22.5 mi
- The Crags: 5.7 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Echo Cliff: 24.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 10.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
- Jessup River Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 9.7 mi
- Speculator Historical Museum: 21.9 mi
- Rafting: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowy Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,166 m | 11.0 mi |
| Panther Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,146 m | 9.8 mi |
| Wakely Mountain | SE 131° | 1,143 m | 4.2 mi |
| Blue Mountain | NE 53° | 1,143 m | 11.1 mi |
| Lewey Mountain | SE 138° | 1,117 m | 10.4 mi |
| Buell Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,114 m | 9.6 mi |
| Little Moose Mountain | S 177° | 1,100 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pillsbury Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,094 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:01 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:37 | 16:24 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Moose 3 SE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945038 — Buck Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551244
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