Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 711 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Cliff, a cliff 1.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34806673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 711 m
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 8.3 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 8.3 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 18.4 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 8 mi
- Flag View · 9 mi
- The Eagle's Eye · 9 mi
- Summit View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Buck Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.2 mi
- Shelving Rock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Sleeping Beauty: 3.5 mi
- Putnam Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Log Bay Island: 2.5 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 2.6 mi
- Recluse Island: 3.0 mi
- Rogers Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Pleasure Island: 3.9 mi
- Protected Land (No Access): 2.9 mi
- Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve: 3.7 mi
- The Pinnacle: 4.9 mi
- Trout Lake: 5.6 mi
- LGLC Wing Pond: 6.4 mi
- Bolton Time Capsule: 3.9 mi
- Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 3.9 mi
- The Stand Against Burgoyne: 8.9 mi
- Fort Anne: 8.9 mi
- Fort Anne: 8.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 1.2 mi
- New Buck: 1.5 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 1.8 mi
- Ark Wall: 2.8 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 7.5 mi
- Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 8.9 mi
- Lake George Steamboat Company: 8.9 mi
- Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 9.0 mi
- Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 10.3 mi
- Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 11.7 mi
- Bolton Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 8.7 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 8.9 mi
- Fort William Henry: 9.0 mi
- Skenesborough Museum: 10.0 mi
- Log Bay Island: 2.5 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 2.6 mi
- Commission Point Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Little As You Were Island: 4.3 mi
- Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site: 4.7 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 7.4 mi
- Morey Stein Beach: 10.0 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 16.0 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 16.0 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 16.1 mi
- Shelving Rock Falls: 2.3 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 6.8 mi
- Uncas Falls: 11.9 mi
- Bear Slide: 16.1 mi
- Dunkley Falls: 17.0 mi
- Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Arboretum: 11.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.6 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.1 mi
- Mandala II: 21.7 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNE 29° | 805 m | 6.8 mi |
| Erebus Mountain | NNE 30° | 765 m | 4.4 mi |
| Black Spruce Mountain | SW 232° | 716 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | NE 42° | 715 m | 3.5 mi |
| Fivemile Mountain | N 6° | 688 m | 8.3 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | N 7° | 680 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 194° | 658 m | 2.2 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | NW 314° | 619 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 33 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945034 — Buck Mountain, Washington County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551225
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- Lake George · 6 mi
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