Buffalo Mountain
Buffalo Mountain rises to 1,008 m in Tennessee. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the east-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sassafras Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Anderson County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31664453, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1008 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sassafras Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Julians Rock: 2.2 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 3.1 mi
- RC Park: 5.5 mi
- Marlow Park: 8.5 mi
- Arrow Head Park: 8.7 mi
- Pine Hill Community Park: 8.7 mi
- Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area: 9.1 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 7.7 mi
- Village of Brothers: 8.5 mi
- Itinerant Miners' Cemetery: 8.5 mi
- Fraterville Disaster: 8.5 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 8.6 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 8.3 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 9.4 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 9.8 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 10.3 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 10.6 mi
- River Ridge: 10.9 mi
- Bull Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Massengil Spring: 12.4 mi
- Herron Spring: 20.4 mi
- Poplar Spring: 20.7 mi
- Delozier Spring: 23.6 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 24.7 mi
- Abandoned Train: 4.2 mi
- Aspire: 11.4 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 13.1 mi
- Train Cars: 13.6 mi
- Winona General Store: 16.6 mi
- Fork Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Wheat: 16.0 mi
- Montgomery: 17.3 mi
- Loyston: 21.3 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 18.3 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 19.1 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 20.4 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.1 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 24.9 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 9.1 mi
- Debord Falls: 9.5 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 21.1 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Buffalo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | ENE 60° | 1,075 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cross Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,075 m | 5.1 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,027 m | 3.5 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | WSW 238° | 1,013 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | W 263° | 1,007 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,007 m | 8.4 mi |
| Squire Knob | W 265° | 1,002 m | 8.2 mi |
| Frozen Head | WSW 252° | 1,001 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1269398 — Buffalo Mountain, Anderson County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356774306
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