Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 1,884 m in Oregon. Aspen Butte stands 2,503 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Rock Point, a peak 3.3 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Klamath County, Oregon, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1884 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Summit Rock Point: 3.3 mi
- Surveyor Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Grouse Butte: 3.4 mi
- Surveyor Peak: 4.6 mi
- Mule Hill: 4.7 mi
- Topsy Recreation Site: 6.4 mi
- Klamath River Recreation Site: 6.5 mi
- Spring Island Day Use Site: 6.9 mi
- Turtle Campground: 9.5 mi
- Keno Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- John C Boyle Dam: 6.1 mi
- Potter's Mill: 9.8 mi
- New Pokegama: 10.7 mi
- Copco Number 1 Dam: 16.5 mi
- Copco Number 2 Dam: 16.7 mi
- Rock Slide: 4.1 mi
- Klamath Rim: 15.1 mi
- Ward's Canyon: 16.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 20.8 mi
- Algoma Incline: 22.4 mi
- Big Springs: 9.6 mi
- Jenny Creek Spring: 10.4 mi
- Latgawa Soda Springs: 19.0 mi
- Jack Spring: 20.8 mi
- Christi's Spring: 23.8 mi
- Rainbow Bay Day Use Area: 14.6 mi
- Castle Quad: 19.5 mi
- Castle Quad: 19.5 mi
- Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- The Favell Museum: 18.5 mi
- Baldwin Hotel Museum: 18.6 mi
- Klamath County Museum: 19.4 mi
- Children’s Museum of Klamath Falls: 19.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 19.2 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 19.4 mi
- Arboretum: 19.5 mi
- Brown mtn trail no 1005 Trailhead: 15.2 mi
- Spence Mountain Recreation Area: 16.9 mi
- Sharon Fen Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 21.9 mi
- Pinehurst: 11.9 mi
- Klamath Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Butte | NNE 17° | 2,503 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Harriman | NNE 11° | 2,401 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Carmine | NNE 16° | 2,396 m | 11.6 mi |
| Crater Mountain | N 360° | 2,363 m | 10.8 mi |
| Greylock Mountain | N 1° | 2,348 m | 12.7 mi |
| Whiteface Peak | N 4° | 2,338 m | 11.5 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNW 334° | 2,228 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Aspen Butte | NNE 27° | 2,192 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:55 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Howard Prairie DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1138798 — Buck Mountain, Klamath County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357307470
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