Buffalo Mountain
Buffalo Mountain rises to 1,048 m in Tennessee. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 21 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31427088, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1048 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 22.8 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 28.3 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 29.6 mi off the Little Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- North Toe River Valley (MP 318.4) · 29 mi
- Camp Creek Overlook (MP 315.6) · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Cherokee Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Haynes Knob: 3.2 mi
- Cherokee Knob: 3.3 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Fishery Park: 3.8 mi
- Buffalo Mountain Park: 4.0 mi
- Limestone Cove Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 5.2 mi
- Tipton-Haynes Historic Site: 5.7 mi
- Stony Point: 5.9 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Moody Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 7.6 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 10.9 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 10.9 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 11.5 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 5.8 mi
- WWII Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Carillion: 6.0 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 7.0 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 3.8 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 3.8 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 7.8 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 7.8 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 6.9 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 7.0 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 15.6 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 19.9 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 21.7 mi
- Junaluska: 7.5 mi
- Rock Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 21.2 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 21.2 mi
- Stream: 21.2 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 14.8 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 24.0 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 10.3 mi
- Hampton Spring: 11.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Buffalo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaka Mountain | SE 145° | 1,579 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flattop | S 190° | 1,432 m | 11.9 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SE 131° | 1,359 m | 9.2 mi |
| Beauty Spot | SSE 163° | 1,347 m | 7.3 mi |
| Elkwallow Knob | SE 139° | 1,314 m | 9.8 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,295 m | 11.7 mi |
| Loggy Knob | SE 134° | 1,294 m | 9.5 mi |
| Piney Ball | SE 131° | 1,288 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1269399 — Buffalo Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356774314
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 7 mi
- Elizabethton · 11 mi
- Kingsport · 24 mi
- Bristol · 28 mi
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