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Buck Mountain

Buck Mountain, a peak in New York
Buck Mountain, a peak in New YorkGarrett Taylor · CC BY 4.0

Buck Mountain rises to 812 m in New York. Santanoni Peak stands 1,401 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Platt Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Adirondack Trail passes 6.9 miles off.

The story

mountain near Long Lake in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34806629, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
812 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.06451, -74.36266

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 25
  • Long Lake Town Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Town of Long Lake Municipal Park: 7.1 mi
  • Mt Sabattis Town Park: 7.4 mi
  • Flanders Park: 12.3 mi
  • Byron Park: 20.3 mi
Attractions: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Upper Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Raquette Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Millers Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Blue Mountain Lake Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Silver Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Lake Placid Public Beach: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Buttermilk Falls: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rafting: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Iron Cross: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santanoni PeakE 84°1,401 m11.6 mi
Panther PeakENE 78°1,358 m11.7 mi
Seward MountainNE 51°1,319 m10.4 mi
Donaldson MountainNE 50°1,238 m9.7 mi
Seymour MountainNE 56°1,236 m11.4 mi
Mount EmmonsNE 53°1,226 m9.2 mi
Couchsachraga PeakENE 78°1,157 m10.3 mi
Blue MountainS 188°1,143 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1520:0120:45
September equinox06:4518:1918:57
December solstice07:3015:3516:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151725395261656356443322
Precip in3.32.73.13.54.24.34.24.23.74.53.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945044 — Buck Mountain, Hamilton County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357551281

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