Buck Spring
Buck Spring is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 1,671 m. The Temple stands 2,527 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Chumstick Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 8.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1671 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 8.7 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 9.4 mi off the JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
- 9.4 mi off the JCT SR 970 VIC VIRDEN TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 10 mi
- Echo Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chumstick Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Mosquito Point: 4.3 mi
- Blag Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Burch Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Tibbetts Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 9.0 mi
- Railroad Park: 9.2 mi
- Cottage Avenue Park: 9.2 mi
- Natatoruim Park: 9.3 mi
- John Simpson Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Swakane Spring: 0.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 6.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 6.5 mi
- Medicine Spring: 7.3 mi
- Tyee Ridge Spring No. 1: 8.5 mi
- Die Bergfreunde Fountain: 10.6 mi
- The Storyteller: 10.9 mi
- Turbine: 10.9 mi
- Emissaries: 12.9 mi
- Granite Salmon: 13.0 mi
- Orion River Rafting: 9.2 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 9.4 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 9.5 mi
- Willkommen in Leavenworth: 10.8 mi
- Maibaum: 10.8 mi
- Number Rock: 10.3 mi
- Ribbon Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Earthquake Point: 11.4 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 12.9 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 12.9 mi
- Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 9.2 mi
- Nutcracker Museum & Store: 10.8 mi
- Greater Leavenworth Museum: 10.8 mi
- Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 10.8 mi
- Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center: 10.9 mi
- Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill: 9.1 mi
- Der Ritter: 11.2 mi
- Pangborn-Herndon Memorial: 16.5 mi
- CCC: 17.4 mi
- Blewett Stamp Mill: 18.6 mi
- Sand Bar: 10.6 mi
- Marble Rock Beach: 10.8 mi
- Hot Sand Beach: 11.0 mi
- Enchantment Beach: 11.0 mi
- Rafters Beach: 11.1 mi
- garden = pumpkin patch: 6.6 mi
- leisure = garden: 6.7 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 10.9 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 13.3 mi
- Drury Falls: 13.9 mi
- Preston Falls: 15.9 mi
- McCrea Falls: 17.2 mi
- Upper Snow Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
- Viviane Falls: 19.5 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 6.6 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 8.5 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 12.1 mi
- Porter's Pond Nature Area: 16.6 mi
- Chelan Coulees Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Day Use Area: 11.7 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 17.5 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Buck Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Temple | SW 233° | 2,527 m | 18.8 mi |
| High Priest | SW 234° | 2,510 m | 19.1 mi |
| Prusik Peak | SW 234° | 2,439 m | 19.5 mi |
| Big Lou Mountain | W 267° | 2,372 m | 18.6 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | W 266° | 2,367 m | 18.3 mi |
| Big Jim Mountain | W 272° | 2,366 m | 17.9 mi |
| Jay Peak | W 265° | 2,240 m | 17.9 mi |
| Edward Peak | WSW 237° | 2,219.5 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:16 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:20 | 16:13 |
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 | 30 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 40.4 | 46.9 | 70.2 | 142 | 342 | 259 | 75.2 | 31.1 | 22.9 | 26.2 | 38.1 | 38.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mad River AT Ardenvoir, WA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Tweedy's lewisia4 obs
- parsnipflower buckwheat3 obs
- Glacier Lily3 obs
- Hoffmann's Checkerspot3 obs
- Anicia Checkerspot3 obs
- snow dwarf primrose3 obs
- Bitterroot2 obs
- Oregon Boxwood2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11919161033
Day trips start here
- Cashmere · 9 mi
- Leavenworth · 11 mi
- Waterville · 17 mi
- Wenatchee · 17 mi
- East Wenatchee · 18 mi
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