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Buffalo City

Buffalo City from directly overhead

Buffalo City is a ghost town in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Kill Devil Hill stands 28 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Creef Cut Wildlife Trail, a attraction 3.6 miles away. Alligator River Route passes 1.7 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates35.84250, -75.91720

Overlooks nearby

76 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 28
  • North End Park: 12.5 mi
  • Lindsay Warren Visitor Center: 13.4 mi
  • Westcott Park: 13.7 mi
  • Cartwright Park: 14.0 mi
  • Collins Park: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Fort Raleigh ruin: 13.4 mi
  • 1903/12/17 Sculpture: 18.2 mi
  • Wright Brothers Monument: 18.3 mi
  • First Flight Boulder: 18.5 mi
  • Flight 1: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Creef Cut Wildlife Trail: 3.6 mi
  • Lost Colony House: 13.3 mi
  • Jumpmasters Trampoline Park: 14.5 mi
  • Elizabeth II: 14.8 mi
  • The Mother Vine: 15.1 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Engagement Hill: 17.5 mi
  • Seven Sisters: 17.9 mi
  • West Hill: 18.2 mi
  • Kill Devil Hill: 18.3 mi
  • Kill Devil Hills: 18.5 mi
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kill Devil HillNE 50°28 m18.3 mi
West HillNE 48°14 m18.2 mi
Engagement HillENE 61°6 m17.5 mi
Seven SistersENE 66°5 m17.9 mi
Kill Devil HillsNE 49°2 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4819:4620:24
September equinox06:5218:2819:02
December solstice07:1116:1516:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434551606776807874655548
Precip in3.83.23.82.93.54.55.35.64.53.22.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manteo AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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