Buck and Doe Mountain
Buck and Doe Mountain rises to 373 m in Virginia. Cahas Mountain stands 1,083 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Board Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 373 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Roanoke River Overlook · 7 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 10 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 10 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Board Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Kasey Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lynville Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bramletts Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Mayflower Hills Park: 6.9 mi
- Moneta Park: 7.5 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 7.5 mi
- Jae Valley Park: 7.5 mi
- Goode Park: 7.6 mi
- Old tobacco barn style cabin (half demolished): 7.7 mi
- Vinton War Memorial: 8.6 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Hunter Viaduct: 10.8 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 10.8 mi
- Vinton Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 10.8 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 10.8 mi
- Explore Park: 5.3 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Claytor Nature Center: 16.2 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Carvins Cove: 17.3 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 10.7 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Beale Garden: 13.8 mi
- Victory Garden: 14.0 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 11.1 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 11.2 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 12.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 12.8 mi
- Rhinoceros: 13.2 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 8.4 mi
- Roanoke Star: 10.1 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 11.1 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 11.1 mi
- Piper L-4 Grasshopper: 14.1 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 19.9 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 23.6 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 24.7 mi
- Camp Creek: 24.7 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 17.3 mi
- Howrytown: 16.7 mi
- Big Spring: 17.4 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Buck and Doe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cahas Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,083 m | 16.2 mi |
| Masons Knob | WSW 258° | 961 m | 15.7 mi |
| Harveys Knob | N 6° | 809 m | 15.6 mi |
| Blue Knob | N 356° | 804 m | 13.6 mi |
| Weaver Knob | NW 325° | 784 m | 6.8 mi |
| Foster Knob | N 354° | 778 m | 10.4 mi |
| Taylors Mountain | NNE 22° | 776 m | 12.5 mi |
| Greens Knob | NNW 341° | 769 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:25 | 17:06 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1463973 — Buck and Doe Mountain, Bedford County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560493
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- Roanoke · 11 mi
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