Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 570 m in New York. Long Tom Mountain stands 790 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Marble Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Olympic Trail passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States of America (GNIS ID = 976049).
Wikidata Q34806658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 570 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 19.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 20.7 mi off the Black River Trail
- 29.8 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Marble Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Twin Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Tooley Pond Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Sugar Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Orebed Creek State Forest: 10.7 mi
- Silver Hill State Forest: 13.4 mi
- Bonner Lake State Forest: 16.1 mi
- Stammer Creek State Forest: 16.8 mi
- Snow Bowl State Forest: 18.3 mi
- Copper Rock Falls: 5.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 7.3 mi
- Flat Rock Falls: 8.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 9.5 mi
- Sinclair Falls: 10.5 mi
- The Narrows: 23.2 mi
- The Tub: 23.3 mi
- Lucy's Hole: 23.7 mi
- Cathedral Grove: 24.1 mi
- Town of Diana Historical Soc: 21.5 mi
- Tupper Lake History Museum: 22.3 mi
- Exhibit Hall;The Wild Center: 23.0 mi
- Flanders Park: 21.6 mi
- Seven Springs: 24.5 mi
- Stone Valley Cooperative Recreational Area: 24.9 mi
- Russell Vetrans Memeorial: 18.6 mi
- Tannery Ruins: 23.0 mi
- Cranberry Lake Day Use Area on eastern Fred Island: 5.1 mi
- Jayville: 15.1 mi
- Town of Tupper Lake Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Hawk Ledge: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Tom Mountain | ESE 121° | 790 m | 11.7 mi |
| Silver Lake Mountain | SE 124° | 771 m | 12.7 mi |
| Dog Pond Mountain | ESE 114° | 742 m | 9.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SE 130° | 736 m | 11.4 mi |
| Center Pond Mountain | ESE 110° | 734 m | 10.3 mi |
| Rampart Mountain | SE 127° | 733 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | SE 143° | 732 m | 10.6 mi |
| East Mountain | ESE 119° | 712 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:03 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:36 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 18 | 27 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wanakena Rngr School, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 976049 — Buck Mountain, St. Lawrence County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357602999
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