Bucktail Mountain
Bucktail Mountain rises to 555 m in New York. Black Spruce Mountain stands 716 m to the north, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullhead Pond Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Dude Ranch Trail passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34806734, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 555 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Dude Ranch Trail
- 4.4 mi off the Central Adirondack Trail
- 10.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.6 mi off the Adirondack Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Cobble lookout · 6 mi
- The Narrows · 6 mi
- Fort George Ruins · 6 mi
- Father Jogues Monument · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bullhead Pond Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Beech Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Constitution Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Darling Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Harris Land Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Van Dusen Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Ralph Road State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Nicholson Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Sullivan Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Luzerne Beach Park: 2.8 mi
- Wayside Beach Park: 3.0 mi
- Benjamin C. Butler Pavilion Park: 3.1 mi
- Mill Park: 3.1 mi
- Hadley-Sam Smead Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Colonel Williams Monument: 4.9 mi
- Frank Watkins: 5.1 mi
- pump house: 5.6 mi
- Lake George Region Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Fort George Ruins: 6.3 mi
- Fort William Henry: 6.4 mi
- House of Frankenstein Wax Museum: 6.6 mi
- Lake George Historical Association: 6.7 mi
- Chapman Historical Museum: 7.3 mi
- World Awareness Children's Museum: 7.8 mi
- Thunder Alley: 4.8 mi
- Greezed Lightnin': 4.8 mi
- Sheldon's Speedway: 4.9 mi
- Rocky's Ranger Planes: 4.9 mi
- Spruce's Wilderness Bus Tour: 4.9 mi
- Rockwell Falls: 3.4 mi
- Bear Slide: 5.9 mi
- Palmer Falls: 6.9 mi
- Eggleston Falls: 9.9 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 11.3 mi
- Northwoods Picnic Grove: 5.0 mi
- Usher Park: 6.8 mi
- Nature Center Pavillion: 8.6 mi
- Diamond Island: 9.6 mi
- Huckleberry Island: 16.8 mi
- Old Red Spring: 17.7 mi
- Hathorn Spring: 18.4 mi
- Congress Spring: 18.5 mi
- Columbian Spring: 18.5 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 18.5 mi
- Luzerne Beach: 2.8 mi
- Wayside Beach: 3.0 mi
- Haviland's Cove Beach: 7.7 mi
- Haviland Cove Beach: 7.9 mi
- Sandbar Beach: 8.1 mi
- Small Rocky overlook: 7.9 mi
- Stewarts Ledge: 13.7 mi
- New Buck: 14.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Beaverview Wall: 16.7 mi
- Arboretum: 6.6 mi
- Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Alumni Memorial Garden: 17.2 mi
- Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Mr.Haas's Garden: 18.8 mi
- Standard Time: 18.1 mi
- Devils Armchair: 18.4 mi
- Welcome To Saratoga Springs: 18.5 mi
- Northville Placid Trail Southern Terminus Arch: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Bucktail Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spruce Mountain | N 10° | 716 m | 5.4 mi |
| Phoebe Mountain | N 3° | 618 m | 6.7 mi |
| Prospect Mountain | NNE 21° | 615 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 343° | 602 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 300° | 599 m | 7.7 mi |
| Shingle Mountain | NNE 12° | 595 m | 6.7 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | NW 323° | 591 m | 4.6 mi |
| Patent Line Mountain | N 2° | 588 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:36 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 20 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glens Falls Farm, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 945087 — Bucktail Mountain, Warren County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551355
Day trips start here
- Saratoga Springs · 19 mi
- Lake George · 21 mi
- Ballston Spa · 24 mi
- Capital District · 28 mi
- Cambridge · 29 mi
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