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Buck Ridge Lookout Tower

Buck Ridge Lookout Tower from directly overhead

Buck Ridge Lookout Tower is a historic site in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 1,310 m. Hump Mountain stands 1,688 m to the south-southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Stone Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Mission Crossing passes 5.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1310 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.26190, -81.95124

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Gorge River Access: 3.7 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
  • Watauga Gorge River Access: 5.7 mi
  • Wynn Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mountaineer Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Splash Dam Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Jones Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Old Doe Lookout Tower: 9.5 mi
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Nick Grindstaff monument: 13.0 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 5.4 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 10.4 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.8 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 12.3 mi
  • Stack Rock: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Artworks: 21
  • Hellbenders: 15.1 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 15.2 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 15.2 mi
  • The Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Time and Honor: 15.2 mi
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Gardens: 10
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 15.2 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 3
  • Hampton Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 10.2 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Buck Ridge Lookout Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hump MountainSSW 202°1,688 m9.1 mi
Beech MountainSE 144°1,663 m6.6 mi
Little Hump MountainSSW 205°1,662 m10.4 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechSE 144°1,652 m6.7 mi
Little Hump MountainSSW 205°1,587 m10.1 mi
Sugar MountainSSE 156°1,585 m10.4 mi
Hanging RockSE 137°1,582 m10.3 mi
Rocky KnobSE 125°1,502 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1120:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333642526067706964544437
Precip in4.43.74.34.64.45.25.24.22.93.13.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356895201

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