Jacob Buck Mountain
Jacob Buck Mountain rises to 215 m in Maine. Bald Mountain stands 342 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access, a park 0.8 miles away. ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY passes 25 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q33140046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 215 m
How to reach it
- 24.6 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
- 26.9 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 29.0 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jacob Buck Pond Boat Access: 0.8 mi
- Silver Lake Trails: 3.3 mi
- Bucksport Recreational Facility: 5.1 mi
- Orland Bicentennial Park: 5.2 mi
- Reggie Ginn Field: 5.2 mi
- Kings Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Orcutt Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Cobb Hill: 2.5 mi
- Dressers Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Cancer Hill: 3.8 mi
- Hancock Pond Water Access: 3.1 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River West): 3.8 mi
- Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Dead River East): 4.4 mi
- Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery: 5.4 mi
- Penobscot Shore Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 4.4 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 5.4 mi
- Telephone Museum: 9.2 mi
- Cole Land Transportation Museum: 9.9 mi
- Clewley Museum: 10.1 mi
- The Whale: 5.5 mi
- Before The Wind: 5.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 9.9 mi
- An Optimistic Vision Inspiring Neighborhood Recovery: 10.3 mi
- Greetings From Bangor Maine: 10.6 mi
- To Honor All Those Who Served To Protect Our Freedom May They Never Be Forgotten: 5.4 mi
- Fort Knox: 5.9 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Battleship Maine Monument: 10.5 mi
- Peirce Memorial Statue: 10.9 mi
- Fields Pond Visitor Center: 6.6 mi
- Bangor-Brewer Bowling Lanes: 9.4 mi
- Hollywood Casino: 9.9 mi
- Penobscot Theatre: 10.6 mi
- Bangor YMCA: 10.6 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 9.9 mi
- Hales Beach: 13.2 mi
- Otis Beach: 16.1 mi
- Dunn Beach: 16.3 mi
- Jesse Beach: 16.8 mi
- Rider Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 12.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 13.0 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 16.3 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Children's Garden: 10.2 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 11.3 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 13.9 mi
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 17.8 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.6 mi
- Monroe Falls: 14.2 mi
- Ellsworth Falls: 16.5 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 21.0 mi
- Thompson Island Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Jacob Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | E 83° | 342 m | 7.6 mi |
| Big Hill | ENE 70° | 338 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Waldo | SW 236° | 320 m | 8.1 mi |
| Great Pond Mountain | SE 125° | 291 m | 5.5 mi |
| Flag Hill | ESE 114° | 270 m | 7.4 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | ENE 79° | 258 m | 5.9 mi |
| Kings Mountain | N 8° | 256 m | 1.8 mi |
| Flying Moose Mountain | ESE 109° | 245 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:10 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bangor Intl AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358221036
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