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. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31427088, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,048 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
- 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
- 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
- Stony Point: 5.9 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Moody Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Pardee Point: 12.1 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 25 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 |
| 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 |
| Devils Nest | SE 145° | 1,287 m | 11.4 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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