Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 450 m in California. Monument Peak stands 1,001 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is White Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Sonoma County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5331349.
Wikidata Q35729894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 450 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Crystal Peak: 2.7 mi
- Mount Tom: 3.6 mi
- Sky High: 4.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Cloverdale City Park: 9.2 mi
- Vintage Meadows: 9.3 mi
- Cloverdale Plaza: 9.6 mi
- Furber Park: 9.6 mi
- Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds: 9.6 mi
- Lake Sonoma: 8.7 mi
- Soda Springs Reserve: 9.2 mi
- Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 9.9 mi
- The Cedars: 13.9 mi
- The Big Brush: 15.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 15.1 mi
- Black Point Beach: 15.2 mi
- Ohlson Beach: 15.4 mi
- Shell Beach: 16.3 mi
- Seal Rookery: 16.4 mi
- AIA 25 Year Award: 15.3 mi
- The Bane Bill: 16.8 mi
- Windmill: 20.3 mi
- Fort Ross: 20.3 mi
- Sheecome Gathering Basket: 22.5 mi
- Johnny Brown Springs: 5.6 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 12.1 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 14.6 mi
- Laurel Spring: 17.2 mi
- Summit Spring: 19.0 mi
- Pumpkin Patch: 13.6 mi
- The Tropical: 13.8 mi
- Rainbow Garden: 13.9 mi
- Upper Orchard: 13.9 mi
- Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 22.0 mi
- Visitor Center: 18.0 mi
- Anderson Valley History Museum: 18.5 mi
- Healdsburg Museum: 22.3 mi
- Lake County Courthouse Museum: 22.3 mi
- Grace Hudson Museum: 23.6 mi
- Skyline Trailer: 11.2 mi
- Peace Totem: 19.4 mi
- Ukiah Valley - Past, Present & Future: 23.7 mi
- Ukiah U sign: 24.0 mi
- Real Goods Solar Living Center: 12.0 mi
- J. Rickards Winery: 14.1 mi
- Ukiah U sign: 24.0 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 24.1 mi
- Deadman Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Frog Woman Rock: 10.6 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 24.5 mi
- White Cap Arch: 15.9 mi
- Fish Rocks Arch: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Peak | ENE 61° | 1,001 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sanel Mountain | N 354° | 994 m | 9.9 mi |
| Red Rock | ENE 60° | 981 m | 14.3 mi |
| Snow Mountain | N 359° | 950 m | 9.1 mi |
| Ward Mountain | N 6° | 910 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 75° | 897 m | 13.5 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNW 339° | 894 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cloverdale Peak | ENE 64° | 890 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 8.1 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 8.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloverdale, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219996 — Buck Mountain, Sonoma County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762601
Day trips start here
- Boonville · 17 mi
- Lakeport · 22 mi
- Kelseyville · 23 mi
- Ukiah · 24 mi
- Mendocino County · 28 mi
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