Buck Peak
Buck Peak rises to 2,679 m in California. Mount Brewer stands 4,136 m to the south-southeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mist Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,679 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grand Sentinel: 2.0 mi
- The Sphinx: 2.3 mi
- Glacier Monument: 2.9 mi
- Avalanche Peak: 3.0 mi
- Mount Hutchings: 3.1 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 18.1 mi
- General Sherman Tree: 18.7 mi
- Chief Sequoyah: 19.1 mi
- Congress Group: 19.2 mi
- McKinley Tree: 19.3 mi
- Mist Falls: 0.8 mi
- Roaring River Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 5.6 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 5.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 10.3 mi
- Tub Springs: 14.2 mi
- McGann Springs: 15.0 mi
- Scotty Spring: 15.8 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 15.9 mi
- Boron Springs: 15.9 mi
- Shorty's Bubbs Creek Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Shorty's Sphinx Creek Cabin: 3.4 mi
- Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 3.5 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.6 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.7 mi
- Arai Pond: 22.8 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 22.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 7.6 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 11.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 13.9 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Great Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 22.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.7 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 20.4 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.6 mi
- Independence Park: 20.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 20.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 12.9 mi
- Bend City: 23.6 mi
- San Carlos: 23.9 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.3 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 19.0 mi
- Jumping Rock: 19.4 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Buck Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Brewer | SSE 149° | 4,136 m | 7.7 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | SSE 154° | 4,122 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Jordan | SE 144° | 4,059 m | 10.3 mi |
| North Guard | SSE 148° | 4,058 m | 7.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 88° | 4,045 m | 9.9 mi |
| Deerhorn Mountain | SE 128° | 4,043 m | 10.3 mi |
| South Guard | SSE 152° | 4,021 m | 8.6 mi |
| Diamond Peak | E 80° | 4,004 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Kings Canyon National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358762617
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