Buck Mountain
Buck Mountain rises to 251 m in Virginia. Shady Mountain stands 687 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cove Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 23.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Yankee Horse Ridge Overlook · 24 mi
- The Priest Overlook · 25 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Larkin Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Pruetts Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Spears Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Appomattox Monument: 13.0 mi
- Raine Monument: 13.0 mi
- Old Turntable Location: 17.5 mi
- Site of First House and Lynch's Ferry 1757: 17.6 mi
- 1978 Garden Restoration: 17.6 mi
- Amherst Wayside: 5.0 mi
- Coolwell Park: 12.0 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 12.1 mi
- Abbitt Park: 14.1 mi
- Ruritan Park: 14.9 mi
- Amherst County Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- Sweet Briar Museum: 11.6 mi
- Train Station and Caboose: 11.8 mi
- The American Civil War Museum: 13.0 mi
- Appomattox County Museum: 14.0 mi
- LOVE: 17.6 mi
- Lynchbug: 17.7 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 17.7 mi
- Craddock Terry Shoe: 17.7 mi
- Creating Our Culture: 17.8 mi
- Daniel's Hill Center Garden: 17.6 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 17.7 mi
- Robert D Morrison Garden: 17.8 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 18.3 mi
- Yoder Center Garden: 18.3 mi
- James River at Wingina: 10.0 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 11.2 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 17.4 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 17.5 mi
- Confederate Cemetery: 13.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 15.7 mi
- Point of Honor: 17.6 mi
- Packet Boat Marshall: 17.9 mi
- Riverside Park Historic Train Exhibit: 18.0 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 22.6 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 22.9 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 23.0 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 23.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 23.9 mi
- Wheeler Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 20.2 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.1 mi
- J.H. Phillips Wayside: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Mountain | WNW 285° | 687 m | 16.3 mi |
| High Top Mountain | N 354° | 678 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 10° | 677 m | 15.9 mi |
| Naked Mountain | N 8° | 607 m | 13.8 mi |
| Simpson Mountain | N 5° | 570 m | 15.4 mi |
| Peebles Mountain | N 4° | 556 m | 14.2 mi |
| Woods Mountain | N 358° | 550 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 277° | 549 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:20 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494855 — Buck Mountain, Nelson County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583308
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 18 mi
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