Buffalo Public Use Area
Buffalo Public Use Area is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 101 m. Hagers Mountain stands 210 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Lafayette's Tour passes 26 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 101 m
How to reach it
- 25.6 mi off the Lafayette's Tour
73 named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Bluestone Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
- Staunton View Public Use Area: 2.6 mi
- Hogan Creek Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Buffalo Road Park: 4.2 mi
- Old Soudan Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Banister River Wildlife Management Area: 11.0 mi
- WBWF Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Crooked Run Wildlife Management Area: 22.3 mi
- WBWF Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Prestwould Plantation: 3.8 mi
- Clarksville Regional Museum: 4.7 mi
- South Boston - Halifax County Museum: 15.8 mi
- L. E. Coleman African-American Museum: 20.1 mi
- Noland Village at Providence: 21.7 mi
- Mecklenburg County Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Thyne Institute Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Earthwork Fortification: 15.6 mi
- Artillery Emplacement: 15.8 mi
- Occoneechee Plantation Terrace Gardens: 6.0 mi
- Seven Oaks Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Mulberry Hill Historic Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Ivy Hill: 12.1 mi
- Bethel Hill: 18.6 mi
- Hagers Mountain: 23.2 mi
- Osage Picnic Shelter: 18.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 18.9 mi
- Solitary Sentinel: 6.0 mi
- Joseph S. J. Tanner Environmental Education Center: 18.7 mi
- Rosseechees Bluff: 5.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagers Mountain | SW 234° | 210 m | 23.2 mi |
| Bethel Hill | WSW 236° | 192 m | 18.6 mi |
| Ivy Hill | ESE 115° | 120 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville, 5 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard3 obs
- Fowler's Toad3 obs
- American persimmon3 obs
- Oak Barrens Barbara's-Buttons3 obs
- butterfly milkweed2 obs
- American sweetgum2 obs
- Longnose Gar2 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/356560511
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