Buck Rock
Buck Rock rises to 2,591 m in California. Mount Silliman stands 3,397 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lava Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35729977, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,591 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lava Butte: 2.2 mi
- Buena Vista Peak: 2.7 mi
- Shell Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Big Baldy: 4.7 mi
- Redwood Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Big Springs: 6.4 mi
- Hidden Spring: 9.3 mi
- Trough Spring: 10.6 mi
- Fox Spring: 12.4 mi
- Warm Sulfur Spring: 13.3 mi
- Lower Stony Creek: 5.2 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 6.0 mi
- General Grant Tree: 6.2 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 6.2 mi
- Centennial Stump: 6.2 mi
- Viola Falls: 6.4 mi
- Ella Falls: 6.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 7.9 mi
- Garlic Falls: 9.9 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 12.7 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 9.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 10.2 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 13.1 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 13.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 17.6 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 3.9 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 18.5 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 22.6 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 22.9 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 23.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 17.0 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 17.7 mi
- Valhalla: 19.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 22.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 4.2 mi
- Jumping Rock: 4.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 12.9 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 20.1 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Bookie Bear: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Buck Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Silliman | SE 125° | 3,397 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hogback Peak | NE 41° | 3,376 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Harrington | NE 37° | 3,360 m | 11.6 mi |
| Tenderfoot Peak | NNE 33° | 3,235 m | 12.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ESE 121° | 3,194 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mitchell Peak | E 92° | 3,164 m | 8.1 mi |
| Spanish Mountain | N 352° | 3,064 m | 12.0 mi |
| Kettle Peak | ESE 122° | 3,058 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797059
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