Buffalo Mountain Park
Buffalo Mountain Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 732 m. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Point, a peak 0.2 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 732 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Johnson City Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 24.9 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 25.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunset Point: 0.2 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 0.3 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 0.5 mi
- White Rock: 0.7 mi
- Round Knob: 0.7 mi
- Tipton-Haynes Historic Site: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.5 mi
- Powell Square Park: 2.6 mi
- Founders Park: 2.9 mi
- Spring Street Park: 3.0 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 1.9 mi
- Carillion: 2.4 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Fort Watauga: 7.3 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 7.3 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Moody Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 8.6 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Stony Point: 9.6 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 9.8 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
- Laurel Falls: 12.0 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 12.9 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 7.0 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 7.1 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 7.2 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 7.3 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 7.7 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 3.0 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 3.1 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 13.1 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 16.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.7 mi
- Junaluska: 4.1 mi
- Rock Bridge: 24.8 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 24.8 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 24.8 mi
- Stream: 24.8 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 23.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 23.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 12.6 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Hampton Spring: 9.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 12.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Buffalo Mountain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaka Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,579 m | 10.1 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSE 149° | 1,359 m | 11.4 mi |
| Beauty Spot | S 175° | 1,347 m | 10.8 mi |
| Elkwallow Knob | SSE 155° | 1,314 m | 12.4 mi |
| Loggy Knob | SSE 151° | 1,294 m | 11.8 mi |
| Piney Ball | SSE 151° | 1,288 m | 10.8 mi |
| Piney Bald | SE 133° | 1,277 m | 12.3 mi |
| Big Ball | SSE 157° | 1,254 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 8 mi away.
- pink lady's slipper78 obs
- mountain laurel69 obs
- American cancer-root65 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain63 obs
- Christmas fern59 obs
- wild geranium55 obs
- sassafras55 obs
- galax53 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/123417810
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 3 mi
- Elizabethton · 8 mi
- Kingsport · 21 mi
- Bristol · 24 mi
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