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Buzzard Bluff

Buzzard Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Buzzard Bluff is a cliff in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Signal Hill stands 837 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Magazine Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.23509, -93.88992

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pilot Mountain: 0.5 mi
  • Backbone Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Bee Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Pisgah Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Metcalf Hill: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Bearcat Stadium: 6.3 mi
  • Marcelle Phillips Park: 6.3 mi
  • Boonville Ballfield Complex: 6.5 mi
  • Boonville Park: 6.7 mi
  • Driggs Community Park: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 6
  • Slocum Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Cold Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Brown's Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Turkey Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Buckman's Spring: 16.8 mi
Museums: 4
  • Belle Museum & Chapel: 9.5 mi
  • Logan County "Old Jail" Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Ozark Area Depot Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Chaffee Barbershop Museum: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • The Window: 13.2 mi
  • Needle's Eye: 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Buckman's Pool: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Buzzard Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal HillESE 109°837 m14.6 mi
Magazine MountainESE 109°837 m14.6 mi
Petit Jean MountainSE 144°745 m18.2 mi
Flood MountainSE 141°684 m17.1 mi
Potato Hill MountainSE 134°677 m18.8 mi
White Oak MountainS 190°674 m18.0 mi
Hogan MountainSSE 155°630 m18.2 mi
Beurknob MountainSSE 159°616 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0219:5720:34
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:2116:2917:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606977818073625042
Precip in3.73.24.85.05.84.23.63.54.44.44.64.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Booneville 3 SSE, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358992677

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