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Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Mountain rises to 525 m in Tennessee. Egypt Knob stands 554 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephens Point, a cliff 1.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31664298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
525 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.51729, -85.00467

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 50
Parks: 21
Attractions: 17
  • East Point Marina: 8.0 mi
  • good landing beach: 8.3 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 8.6 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 8.8 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 11.4 mi
Museums: 6
Natural arches: 6
  • Buffalo Arch: 14.7 mi
  • Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 19.3 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 19.6 mi
  • Etta's Arch: 19.9 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Handcock Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Angel Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Town Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Standing Stone State Park: 19.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 20.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Egypt KnobSW 217°554 m14.1 mi
Skinner MountainSSW 203°550 m9.8 mi
Wright MountainSE 132°541 m1.8 mi
King MountainSW 220°541 m10.2 mi
Golman MountainNNW 348°536 m5.0 mi
Buzzards RoostS 183°535 m3.2 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 243°534 m14.4 mi
Campbell MountainSSE 154°533 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1818:52
June solstice05:2319:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:4916:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846556471747467564638
Precip in5.04.95.55.55.35.55.34.64.03.24.16.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1269392 — Buck Mountain, Fentress County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356774289

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