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Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.15002, -85.43692

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • 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
Waterfalls: 16
  • 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
Museums: 8
  • 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
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 3
  • Sunset Rock: 15.6 mi
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 21.4 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 4.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hampton MountainE 79°616 m11.1 mi
Tyler MountainENE 73°597 m11.5 mi
Blaylock MountainENE 60°593 m6.0 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 76°592 m15.4 mi
Verble KnobsE 99°587 m12.5 mi
Copeland MountainENE 71°585 m11.4 mi
Harris MountainNE 49°582 m11.8 mi
Gunter MountainE 80°580 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2520:03
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5015:5216:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584841
Precip in5.35.55.55.45.25.55.73.94.53.34.36.1

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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