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Buffalo Mountain

Buffalo Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buffalo Mountain rises to 634 m in Pennsylvania. Riansares Mountain stands 706 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Bucktail Trail passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49016463, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
634 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.01091, -77.05997

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 22
  • Tea Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Chambers Spring: 6.8 mi
  • The Little Bubbler: 7.0 mi
  • Smokey Bear Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Ice Spring: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 12
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Clinton County Rest Area Eastbound: 5.5 mi
  • Clinton County Rest Area Westbound: 5.8 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Eastbound: 16.8 mi
  • Montour County Rest Area Westbound: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 4
  • STREAM Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Butterfly Gardens: 16.6 mi
  • Tripollinator Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Long Lane Flower & Garden: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Red Candle Island: 14.8 mi
  • J. Doyle Corman Amphitheater and Floating Stage: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Buffalo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riansares MountainW 280°706 m16.9 mi
Thick MountainWSW 240°671 m17.8 mi
White MountainSW 233°671 m21.1 mi
Winkelblech MountainWSW 246°668 m15.6 mi
Shriner MountainWSW 253°665 m15.6 mi
Paddy MountainSW 233°660 m14.2 mi
Jones MountainWSW 239°659 m4.8 mi
Branch MountainWSW 244°653 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4419:20
June solstice05:3720:0320:45
September equinox06:5618:3119:07
December solstice07:3116:0016:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938496069737164524132
Precip in3.12.43.53.73.93.74.54.34.43.83.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewisburg, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357278934

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