Buffalo Creek Recreation Area
Buffalo Creek Recreation Area is a park in South Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Graves Mountain stands 251 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is New Bordeaux Monument, a historic site 2.3 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 110 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Savannah River Scenic Byway, National
93 named places within 25 miles
- Long Cane Creek Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Hickory Knob State Park: 2.8 mi
- Elijah Clark State Park: 3.2 mi
- Elijah Clarke State Park: 3.3 mi
- Chamberlain Ferry Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- New Bordeaux Monument: 2.3 mi
- Elijah Clark Monument: 3.1 mi
- Dooly Spring: 3.4 mi
- Fort James: 12.2 mi
- Old Rock House: 17.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 9.4 mi
- Parsons Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Graves Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Boles Mountain: 19.8 mi
- Mount Carmel: 20.1 mi
- Abbeville County Museum: 19.5 mi
- Burt-Stark Mansion: 19.7 mi
- Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum: 23.1 mi
- Robert Toombs House Historic Site: 23.2 mi
- The Railroad Historical Center: 23.6 mi
- Marion Avenue Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- Oak / Monument Pollinator Garden: 23.8 mi
- Main Street Pollinator Garden: 23.8 mi
- Uptown Market Pollinator Garden: 23.8 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Prayer Garden: 23.9 mi
- Dooly Spring: 3.4 mi
- Powder Spring: 12.4 mi
- Bethel: 15.3 mi
- Take Flight: 18.0 mi
- Christopher D. Spiller Longleaf Pine and Pollinator Trail: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graves Mountain | SW 218° | 251 m | 13.6 mi |
| Parsons Mountain | N 4° | 249 m | 13.0 mi |
| Faulkner Mountain | ENE 78° | 195 m | 22.9 mi |
| Boles Mountain | E 80° | 194 m | 19.8 mi |
| Trisha Mountain | ENE 74° | 194 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Carmel | S 186° | 156 m | 20.1 mi |
| Burks Mountain | SSE 154° | 142 m | 21.2 mi |
| Laurel Hill | NNE 17° | 134 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:08 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccormick, 5 mi away.
- Joro Spider8 obs
- Green Anole6 obs
- Eastern Bluebird5 obs
- Camphor-weed5 obs
- Killdeer4 obs
- Chipping Sparrow4 obs
- American sweetgum4 obs
- buttonbush4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357093327
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