Buck Meadows is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is located 2 miles east-northeast of Smith Peak, at an elevation of 3,015 feet. The population was 21 at the 2020 census. Buck Meadows lies just south of the Tuolumne County line. It is on State Route 120, 11 miles east of Groveland. The ZIP Code for this community is shared with Groveland, and wired telephones work out of Groveland's telephone exchange with numbers following the format 962-xxxx.