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Buckberg Mountain

Buckberg Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buckberg Mountain rises to 241 m in New York. Fingerboard Mountain stands 420 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wayne-Washington Lookout, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34806704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
241 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.25864, -74.00329

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Verplanck Waterfront Park: 2.3 mi
  • Lowland Town Park: 2.4 mi
  • Laurel Drive Park: 2.5 mi
  • Anthony Wayne Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Lents Cove Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Arc: 4.0 mi
  • Brickhead Truth: 5.1 mi
  • Washington Monument: 9.5 mi
  • General Patton: 9.5 mi
  • General Dwight D. Eisenhower: 9.5 mi
Gardens
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Herbert Kurz Peace Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Boscobel Gardens: 11.1 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 58
  • Hell Hole: 4.6 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 5.4 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 6.7 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 8.9 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 9.5 mi
Museums: 55
Attractions: 52
  • Dunderberg Spiral Railway: 2.1 mi
  • Timp-Torne Trail: 2.5 mi
  • Bowling Rocks: 6.5 mi
  • Van Cortlandt Manor: 8.1 mi
  • Town of Ramapo Challenger Learning Center: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 20
Picnic sites: 14
  • Kakiat Park: 9.7 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.6 mi
  • Pell Hill: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Mine Hole Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Farms Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Chikahoki Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 24.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Buckberg Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fingerboard MountainW 275°420 m5.3 mi
Hogencamp Mountain NorthW 268°417 m5.9 mi
Bradley MountainWNW 288°416 m5.2 mi
South Stockbridge MountainWNW 295°411 m4.9 mi
Stockbridge MountainNW 308°402 m4.8 mi
Goshen MountainWNW 286°396 m3.8 mi
Bear MountainN 358°394 m3.8 mi
Lindley MountainWNW 284°390 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2419:5120:33
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551318

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