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Little Buck Mountain

Little Buck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Buck Mountain rises to 487 m in New York. Black Mountain stands 805 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Shelving Rock Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 8.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34826312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
487 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.53896, -73.59317

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Log Bay Island: 1.4 mi
  • Huckleberry Island: 1.6 mi
  • Pleasure Island: 2.7 mi
  • Recluse Island: 2.7 mi
  • Sarah Island: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Bolton Time Capsule: 3.4 mi
  • Bolton Veterans' Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 9.7 mi
  • Old Champlain Canal Lock 19: 9.8 mi
  • The Stand Against Burgoyne: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Cliffs: 27
  • Ark Wall: 1.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 2.3 mi
  • New Buck: 2.8 mi
  • Stewarts Ledge: 2.8 mi
  • Deer Leap: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Leonelli's Playland Arcade: 9.9 mi
  • Lake George Steamboat Company: 10.0 mi
  • Doctor Morbid's Haunted House: 10.1 mi
  • Wildwest Ranch & Western Town: 11.5 mi
  • Revolution Rail Co. - Thurman Station: 12.2 mi
Museums: 19
Picnic sites: 13
Beaches: 11
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Morey Stein Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Gardens: 6
  • Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Arboretum: 13.1 mi
  • Schroon Community Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 23.4 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 23.4 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 18.0 mi
  • Mandala II: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 15.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Little Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNNE 34°805 m5.6 mi
Erebus MountainNE 39°765 m3.3 mi
Sleeping BeautyENE 59°715 m2.5 mi
Buck MountainS 186°711 m1.3 mi
Catamount MountainN 9°702 m10.4 mi
Fivemile MountainN 7°688 m7.0 mi
Huckleberry MountainN 8°680 m7.3 mi
Pilot KnobS 191°658 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:2919:07
June solstice05:1419:5620:40
September equinox06:4218:1618:54
December solstice07:2515:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212333475968727163513928
Precip in3.02.63.03.33.34.44.44.53.64.13.03.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitehall, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357569199

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