Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 2,283 m in New Mexico. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hogan Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016102, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,283 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hogan Spring: 1.6 mi
- Water Canyon Spring: 2.2 mi
- Dead Man Spring: 2.2 mi
- Pine Spring: 2.5 mi
- Bearup Spring: 4.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lost Lake Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Negro Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bearwallow Park: 7.4 mi
- N Bar Park: 12.0 mi
- Redstone Park: 12.0 mi
- Yequas Park: 13.2 mi
- Dangerous Park: 13.9 mi
- Windy Point: 7.6 mi
- Tige Rim: 15.6 mi
- Turtle Rock: 23.9 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 10.7 mi
- Elfego Baca Monument: 15.8 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 21.1 mi
- Mogollon Museum: 6.2 mi
- Mogollon Theater Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Baldy | SE 143° | 3,310 m | 14.1 mi |
| Willow Mountain | SE 145° | 3,283 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sacaton Mountain | SSE 158° | 3,250 m | 15.9 mi |
| Center Baldy | SE 145° | 3,210 m | 15.4 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | SSE 159° | 3,081 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | ESE 110° | 3,031 m | 7.5 mi |
| Corner Mountain | E 97° | 3,030 m | 8.3 mi |
| Windy Point | SSE 162° | 2,992 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:34 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904133 — Buck Mountain, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592514
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