Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 452 m in Tennessee. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidden Hollow Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1278831).
Wikidata Q31664315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 452 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Jones Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Algood Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Phifer Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Willet Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Lee Knob: 4.5 mi
- Hidden Hollow Park: 0.6 mi
- Algood Park: 2.8 mi
- Fantasy Park: 3.1 mi
- Capshaw Park: 3.2 mi
- Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- City Lake Falls: 1.2 mi
- Cummins Falls: 10.1 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 10.7 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 10.7 mi
- Savannah Falls: 11.4 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Cookeville Childrens Museum: 4.1 mi
- Depot Museum: 4.1 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 4.3 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 9.4 mi
- Dave Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Hardscrabble Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Rocky Bar: 12.2 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Harris Bluff: 12.5 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 4.1 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 17.4 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 4.2 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 4.2 mi
- Sunset Rock: 15.6 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 21.4 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 4.5 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 20.8 mi
- Pinhook: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Mountain | E 79° | 616 m | 11.1 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | ENE 73° | 597 m | 11.5 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | ENE 60° | 593 m | 6.0 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | ENE 76° | 592 m | 15.4 mi |
| Verble Knobs | E 99° | 587 m | 12.5 mi |
| Copeland Mountain | ENE 71° | 585 m | 11.4 mi |
| Harris Mountain | NE 49° | 582 m | 11.8 mi |
| Gunter Mountain | E 80° | 580 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:52 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cookeville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1278831 — Buck Mountain, Putnam County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356790806
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