Buffalo Lick Monument
Buffalo Lick Monument is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 195 m. Big Mountain stands 230 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Point Historic District, a park 1.2 miles away. Historic Piedmont Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Historic Piedmont Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Warren County-Piedmont Scenic Byway Extension
64 named places within 25 miles
- Union Point Historic District: 1.2 mi
- Union Point Park: 1.8 mi
- Greene Conty Recreation Complex: 3.4 mi
- Robinson Park: 7.4 mi
- Philomath Historic District: 9.1 mi
- Confederate Gun Shop: 4.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
- CCC Latrine: 8.7 mi
- Baptism Pool: 8.9 mi
- Alexander H. Stephens: 9.6 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 7.6 mi
- Gunn Hill: 7.6 mi
- War Hill: 11.4 mi
- Big Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Coon Mountain: 22.1 mi
- Confederate Museum: 9.6 mi
- Callaway Plantation: 18.1 mi
- Robert Toombs House Historic Site: 20.4 mi
- Washington-Wilkes Historical Museum: 20.5 mi
- Morgan County African-American: 24.0 mi
- EMC Beach: 23.4 mi
- Senior Beach: 23.5 mi
- Bridge Beach: 23.6 mi
- Scull Shoals: 16.2 mi
- Barnett Shoals: 22.1 mi
- Iron Horse: 16.5 mi
- Georgia Nature Center: 21.3 mi
- Fifth St Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Lick Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mountain | N 5° | 230 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cemetery Hill | WSW 257° | 196 m | 7.6 mi |
| Coon Mountain | NW 317° | 195 m | 22.1 mi |
| Gunn Hill | ESE 121° | 182 m | 7.6 mi |
| War Hill | ENE 59° | 158 m | 11.4 mi |
| Granite Hill | SSE 163° | 158 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:10 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Siloam 3N, 3 mi away.
- Red-shouldered Hawk1 obs
- Canada Goose1 obs
- Barn Swallow1 obs
- Northern Mockingbird1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- False Turkeytail1 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/358768698
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