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Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.80602, -123.19584

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves: 22
Beaches: 20
  • 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
Historic sites: 14
Gardens: 12
  • Pumpkin Patch: 13.6 mi
  • The Tropical: 13.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 13.9 mi
Springs: 9
  • 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
Museums: 7
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 4
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • White Cap Arch: 15.9 mi
  • Fish Rocks Arch: 21.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument PeakENE 61°1,001 m14.8 mi
Sanel MountainN 354°994 m9.9 mi
Red RockENE 60°981 m14.3 mi
Snow MountainN 359°950 m9.1 mi
Ward MountainN 6°910 m8.2 mi
Pine MountainENE 75°897 m13.5 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 339°894 m12.2 mi
Cloverdale PeakENE 64°890 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2816:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255596672757472655548
Precip in8.18.15.72.51.50.30.00.00.11.84.78.8

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

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