Buckeye Mountain
Buckeye Mountain rises to 879 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016257, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 879 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 29.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Hill: 1.8 mi
- Guinea Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cloyds Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Spruce Run Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Pearis Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Big Falls Park: 2.1 mi
- New river junction: 2.2 mi
- Pembroke Boat Ramp: 4.0 mi
- McCoy Park: 4.5 mi
- Tom's Creek Mining and War Memorial Park: 8.2 mi
- Wake Forest Kentland Slave Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Prices Fork Research Center Building - Architecture - Former.: 8.8 mi
- April 16th Memorial: 12.1 mi
- The Pylons: 12.2 mi
- VTCC WW1 and April 16th Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Coal Mining Memorial Coal Carts: 8.2 mi
- Modern Art: 8.8 mi
- Modern Art: 8.8 mi
- DAK Lights: 11.8 mi
- Perspective Gallery: 12.4 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 7.2 mi
- Smithfield Plantation: 11.7 mi
- St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall: 12.1 mi
- Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation: 12.6 mi
- Montgomery Museum of Art and History: 15.4 mi
- Clover Hollow Natural Area Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Natural Area Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Niday Place State Forest: 16.3 mi
- Falls Ridge Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Barneys Wall: 8.1 mi
- Barney's Wall: 8.2 mi
- High Point: 8.8 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 9.7 mi
- Bear Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Radford Alumni Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
- Hahn Horticultural Garden: 12.1 mi
- Volvo Break Area Indoor Garden: 13.0 mi
- Break Area Indoor Garden and Gazebo: 13.1 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 14.0 mi
- Sapphire Ballroom & Dance Center: 15.4 mi
- Keffer Oak: 15.9 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 20.7 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 20.4 mi
- Junta: 21.0 mi
- Warford: 24.2 mi
- Cascades: 8.5 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 15.2 mi
- Radford Safety Rest Area North: 12.7 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Water Front: 18.6 mi
- Waterfront: 20.2 mi
- Haven Heights Picnic Site: 10.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Buckeye Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 41° | 1,327 m | 8.6 mi |
| Butt Mountain | N 7° | 1,282 m | 7.9 mi |
| Lookoff Rock | N 8° | 1,256 m | 7.6 mi |
| Wind Rock | NNE 31° | 1,246 m | 12.7 mi |
| Wrights Peak | NNE 23° | 1,242 m | 16.5 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | W 267° | 1,238 m | 11.8 mi |
| Brushy Top | NNE 13° | 1,236 m | 9.6 mi |
| Lone Pine Peak | NE 37° | 1,232 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:29 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearisburg 4 SSE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570773
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