Buckaroo Drop
Buckaroo Drop is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,045 m. Rich Mountain stands 1,455 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Round-Up, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 15 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Little Parkway
- 3.5 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Raven Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 2 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Gravity Adventures: 0.1 mi
- Sterling Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Payne Branch Park: 0.9 mi
- Optimist Club of Boone: 2.1 mi
- Watauga Recreation Complex: 2.1 mi
- Blackburn Knob: 0.7 mi
- Yarnall Knob: 1.0 mi
- Deck Hill: 1.5 mi
- Goshen Hill: 1.7 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 1.7 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 3.7 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 4.0 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 4.0 mi
- China Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Jessie: 3.1 mi
- The Gardener: 3.1 mi
- Founders Bell: 3.2 mi
- Founders Mall: 3.3 mi
- Aspire: 3.4 mi
- Round-Up: 0.0 mi
- Tornado: 0.0 mi
- Turnpike Cruisers: 0.0 mi
- Carousel: 0.0 mi
- Tilt-a-Whirl: 0.1 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 0.6 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 2.8 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 2.9 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 3.2 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 3.3 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 2.6 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 3.4 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 3.5 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 3.4 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 3.5 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 3.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 11.5 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 12.0 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 3.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 19.2 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 9.2 mi
- Shanty Springs: 10.3 mi
- Mortimer: 14.3 mi
- Elk Shoals: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Buckaroo Drop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | NW 324° | 1,455 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,407 m | 7.4 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NW 323° | 1,403 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | NW 320° | 1,367 m | 6.4 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,362 m | 1.7 mi |
| Howard Knob | NNW 340° | 1,343 m | 4.4 mi |
| Nettle Knob | NNW 342° | 1,282 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rich Mountain | W 269° | 1,281 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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