Buck Springs
Buck Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,787 m. Twin Peaks stands 3,756 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Doe Springs, a spring 0.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 27 miles off.
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 28.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 26 mi
- Lembert Dome · 28 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rickey Peak: 1.5 mi
- Volcanic Butte: 2.1 mi
- Bush Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Mount Emma: 4.1 mi
- Walker Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Doe Springs: 0.9 mi
- Lava Springs: 8.7 mi
- The Hot Springs: 10.6 mi
- The Hot Springs: 10.7 mi
- The Hot Springs: 10.8 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 4.7 mi
- Clinton: 14.1 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 14.6 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 14.7 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 20.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.1 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 9.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 9.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 12.2 mi
- Bridgeport: 8.3 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 10.7 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 16.1 mi
- Walker Community Park: 16.7 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 20.6 mi
- Dog Town: 13.3 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 14.6 mi
- Masonic: 16.6 mi
- Sweetwater: 17.6 mi
- Bodie: 21.6 mi
- Locomotive Point: 13.4 mi
- East Flange Rock: 20.3 mi
- Dore Cliff: 21.0 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Mono County Museum: 9.3 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 9.5 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.6 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- The Elbow: 22.1 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 10.9 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 22.2 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 19.0 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 24.1 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 19.2 mi
- Danburg Beach: 23.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 4.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Buck Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Peaks | S 170° | 3,756 m | 13.7 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | S 175° | 3,749.3 m | 12.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | S 169° | 3,731 m | 13.8 mi |
| The Dragtooth | S 176° | 3,695.4 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | S 179° | 3,616.8 m | 12.1 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | S 179° | 3,616.3 m | 12.0 mi |
| The Doodad | S 177° | 3,606 m | 12.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | S 184° | 3,603 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 22.2 | 20.5 | 26.5 | 52.4 | 136 | 194 | 120 | 46.9 | 26.6 | 21.9 | 21.1 | 20.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Buckeye CK NR Bridgeport, CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Sierra juniper3 obs
- Prairie Falcon1 obs
- Mountain Lion1 obs
- lodgepole pine1 obs
- field horsetail1 obs
- Mourning Cloak1 obs
- Columbian Monkshood1 obs
- Toothed Owl's Clover1 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/8044799248
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 28 mi
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