Buker Mountain
Buker Mountain rises to 311 m in Maine. Barren Mountain stands 742 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Guilford Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. MOOSEHEAD LAKE SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q33137474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 311 m
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Moosehead Lake Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the Old Canada Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Guilford Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Birch Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Deer Hill: 2.6 mi
- Garcock Hill: 2.8 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.9 mi
- Greeley's Landing: 4.4 mi
- Sebec Lake Public Beach: 4.5 mi
- Guilford Recreation Park: 5.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 5.1 mi
- Sebec Lake Boat Access: 5.2 mi
- Law Farm Nature Trails: 6.8 mi
- Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary: 11.3 mi
- Delano Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Barnard Forest: 13.7 mi
- Cambridge Woodlands Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Cowyard Falls: 7.0 mi
- Big Wilson Falls: 11.0 mi
- Little Wilson Lower Falls: 11.7 mi
- Little Wilson Upper Falls: 12.2 mi
- Thompson Brook Lower Falls: 13.2 mi
- Old Blacksmith Shop Museum: 4.3 mi
- Guilford Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- dih cheese fort: 5.8 mi
- Dexter Historical Society Abbot Museum: 14.3 mi
- Center for Moosehead History - Moosehead Historical Society: 20.5 mi
- Blacksmith Shop Museum: 3.8 mi
- Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Northeast Whitewater: 16.3 mi
- Katahdin Iron Works State Historic Site: 16.6 mi
- Monument Square: 5.6 mi
- Cannon Monument: 14.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.5 mi
- Big Wilson Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- Barren Slide: 13.1 mi
- The Jaws: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Buker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barren Mountain | N 350° | 742 m | 13.0 mi |
| Fourth Mountain | N 1° | 714 m | 14.0 mi |
| Borestone Mountain East Peak | NNW 339° | 604 m | 10.8 mi |
| Russell Mountain | W 271° | 596 m | 14.2 mi |
| Benson Mountain | N 3° | 559 m | 10.9 mi |
| Roaring Brook Mountain | NNE 16° | 523 m | 12.6 mi |
| Buck Hill | WNW 296° | 484 m | 11.9 mi |
| Doughty Hill | WNW 298° | 483 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:44 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:58 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:09 | 15:58 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sebec Lake, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358212619
Take the scenic way to Buker Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.