Buzzard Roost
Buzzard Roost is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 275 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the south, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jones Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 275 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds
Named places within 25 miles
- Jones Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Stovall Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Coal Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Simmons Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Barker Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Springville City Park: 3.9 mi
- Odenville Park: 4.0 mi
- Dillard Park: 4.8 mi
- Wilson Park: 5.0 mi
- Argo Park: 6.3 mi
- Jones Chapel Road: 8.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Alabama Fallen Warriors Monument: 13.2 mi
- Champion Mines: 14.1 mi
- USAF Combat Controller SSGT. Forrest B. Sibley Memorial Bridge: 14.2 mi
- Mustang Museum of America: 4.5 mi
- John W. Inzer Museum: 11.6 mi
- Ashville Museum & Archives: 11.6 mi
- Standard Oil Products Museum: 13.6 mi
- Blount County Memorial Museum & Historical Society: 14.8 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Bowlin Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Scirum Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Trussville Entertainment District: 13.7 mi
- Horse Pens 40: 14.3 mi
- OBA Artwalk: 14.8 mi
- Irondale Public Library: 21.0 mi
- Janney Furnace: 23.2 mi
- Welcome To Oneonta: 14.8 mi
- Angel Wings: 14.8 mi
- Water Based: 22.6 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Ruffner Mountain: 20.0 mi
- Powell Falls: 20.6 mi
- Mardis Mills Falls: 23.0 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 23.3 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Northbound): 10.2 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Southbound): 12.6 mi
- Big Spring: 1.9 mi
- Laylas’s Garden: 17.5 mi
- Minden: 18.1 mi
- Nectar Covered Bridge: 19.3 mi
- School Bus Island: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Buzzard Roost. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Rock Mountain | S 181° | 475 m | 9.2 mi |
| Chandler Mountain | NNE 28° | 452 m | 14.2 mi |
| Butler Mountain | W 264° | 430 m | 11.4 mi |
| Foster Mountain | W 261° | 421 m | 11.5 mi |
| Cahaba Mountain | W 276° | 419 m | 6.2 mi |
| Saint Clair Mountain | NW 317° | 414 m | 7.0 mi |
| Black Oak Mountain | WSW 258° | 413 m | 12.1 mi |
| Praytor Mountain | W 262° | 411 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:04 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneonta, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358997322
Day trips start here
- Rickwood Caverns State Park · 27 mi
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