Bucks Peak
Bucks Peak rises to 3,236 m in California. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730086, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,236 m
How to reach it
92 named places within 25 miles
- Red Peak: 1.5 mi
- Blanco Mountain: 1.8 mi
- County Line Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sage Hen Peak: 2.7 mi
- Station Peak: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Spring: 2.7 mi
- Goat Spring: 4.8 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 5.5 mi
- Black Canyon Spring: 8.8 mi
- Cuna Spring: 10.0 mi
- Chalfant Park: 13.1 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 15.1 mi
- Bishop City Park: 16.2 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 16.2 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 18.6 mi
- Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 13.9 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 21.2 mi
- Zurich: 21.7 mi
- Power Plant Ruin: 23.8 mi
- White Mountain City: 8.9 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 15.2 mi
- Casa Diablo: 24.0 mi
- Arlemont: 24.0 mi
- Palmetto: 24.3 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 11.7 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 12.8 mi
- American Mule Museum: 16.2 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 17.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Upper Gorge: 24.3 mi
- Methuselah: 7.1 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bucks Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | NNW 328° | 4,344 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Dubois | NNW 332° | 4,126 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | NW 319° | 3,979 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Hogue | NNW 332° | 3,884 m | 19.7 mi |
| Headley Peak | NNW 330° | 3,858 m | 16.6 mi |
| Piute Mountain | NW 307° | 3,827 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NW 306° | 3,810 m | 5.6 mi |
| Campito Mountain | WNW 290° | 3,522 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358797074
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