Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 710 m in West Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bens Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31515379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 710 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hogback Overlook · 29 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 29 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 29 mi
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bens Hill: 1.5 mi
- Thorny Bottom: 1.6 mi
- Bollinger Knob: 1.6 mi
- Ben's Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Cherry Ridge: 2.4 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Baker Park: 3.7 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 9.3 mi
- Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area: 11.4 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 1.6 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 3.5 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 4.7 mi
- Big Spring: 4.9 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 5.1 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 14.0 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 14.1 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 14.8 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 14.9 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 19.6 mi
- Collie Grave: 7.6 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 9.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Stephens Fort: 21.9 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 22.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 3.1 mi
- Markley Rocks: 8.2 mi
- Helmick Rock: 10.6 mi
- Three High Heads: 11.9 mi
- Dog Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 8.4 mi
- Mountain Falls: 19.5 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lost River State Park: 11.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 14.4 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 23.4 mi
- Bryce Resort: 12.8 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 13.9 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 19.8 mi
- Old grape garden: 7.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 13.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 20.4 mi
- Pavilian: 21.6 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,006 m | 5.0 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | S 187° | 995 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sugar Knob | ESE 105° | 976 m | 6.1 mi |
| Long Mountain | S 170° | 951 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | ESE 111° | 951 m | 6.8 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SSW 210° | 936 m | 5.6 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | E 86° | 910 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SW 216° | 898 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1550525 — Buck Mountain, Hardy County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356523346
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