Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 667 m in New York. Vanderwhacker Mountain stands 1,033 m to the northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Elm Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Roosevelt-Marcy Trail passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New York, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34806553, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 667 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Roosevelt-Marcy Trail
- 7.3 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 12.2 mi off the Adirondack Trail
- 23.9 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- Balfour Lake overlook · 2 mi
- Viewpoint to East · 19 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Lower Lookout · 24 mi
- Snow Mountain Lookout · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elm Hill: 1.2 mi
- Balfour Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Rankin Pond Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lost Pond Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Vanderwhacker Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Moxham Point: 9.2 mi
- Panorama Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Henderson Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Frontiertown Crags: 17.0 mi
- Gull Pond Cliff: 17.5 mi
- OK Slip Falls: 5.6 mi
- Schroon Falls: 15.3 mi
- Hanging Spear Falls: 16.2 mi
- Millers Falls: 17.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Pendleton: 10.5 mi
- McIntyre Blast Furnace: 14.3 mi
- Bandstand: 14.8 mi
- David Henderson Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Mount Marcy First Ascent: 17.9 mi
- Newcomb Ski Slope: 8.6 mi
- Tannery Pond Community Association: 12.5 mi
- Gore Mt. Mineral Shop: 12.7 mi
- Natural Stone Bridge & Caves: 13.2 mi
- Chimney Mountain: 15.5 mi
- Hudson Gorge Primitive Area: 7.3 mi
- Tahawas Primitive Area: 15.2 mi
- Chatiemac Lake Primitive Area: 15.7 mi
- Town of North Hudson: 17.0 mi
- First Brother Primitive Area: 21.3 mi
- Courtney Park: 9.2 mi
- Byron Park: 11.8 mi
- Bandstand Park: 14.8 mi
- Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area: 16.5 mi
- Mt Sabattis Town Park: 19.4 mi
- Grunblatt Memorial Beach: 12.8 mi
- Park beach: 14.8 mi
- Long Beach: 17.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 19.0 mi
- North Creek Depot Museum: 12.1 mi
- Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake: 18.9 mi
- Town of Horicon Museum: 20.3 mi
- Whitewater rafting: 9.2 mi
- Rafting: 12.7 mi
- Indian Lake Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 21.6 mi
- Tahawus: 12.4 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
- Rt 30 Alien: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderwhacker Mountain | NW 311° | 1,033 m | 2.8 mi |
| Bailey Hill | ENE 70° | 931 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sand Pond Mountain | ENE 62° | 893 m | 9.5 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | W 267° | 882 m | 3.3 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | SSW 206° | 882 m | 11.0 mi |
| North River Mountains | NNE 12° | 879 m | 10.3 mi |
| Slide Mountain | SSW 204° | 873 m | 10.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | ESE 119° | 852 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:59 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945039 — Buck Mountain, Essex County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551249
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