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Buffalo Mountain

Buffalo Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Buffalo Mountain rises to 780 m in Tennessee. Grissel Knob stands 973 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is View Tree Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31664418, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
780 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.45341, -84.36493

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
  • Flat Creek Park: 8.1 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Oneida City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 8.3 mi
  • Field at Oneida City Park: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 23
Historic sites: 16
  • Civil War: 15.4 mi
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 19.6 mi
  • Rugby's Hidden History: 19.8 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 19.8 mi
  • Fort Anderson: 19.8 mi
Natural arches: 11
  • Split Bow Arch: 15.0 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 16.5 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 17.7 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 19.2 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Winona General Store: 7.0 mi
  • Train Cars: 9.3 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 21.0 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 21.0 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 21.5 mi
Museums: 7
  • Museum of Scott County: 9.8 mi
  • Campbell County Historical: 14.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Whitley County Historical Society and Museum: 22.8 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Angel Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Debord Falls: 22.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 18.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Koger Spring: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Buffalo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grissel KnobSSE 155°973 m12.3 mi
Huckaby KnobSSE 147°953 m9.4 mi
Massengale MountainSSE 164°936 m11.6 mi
Pine BaldSSE 151°935 m11.2 mi
Adkins MountainSSE 152°918 m7.8 mi
Brushy MountainSSE 151°892 m9.7 mi
Walnut MountainE 97°859 m8.9 mi
View Tree KnobENE 70°832 m0.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:2120:2121:00
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356774320

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