Buffards Mountain
Buffards Mountain rises to 220 m in Virginia. Appleberry Mountain stands 557 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 19 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 220 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Lee's Retreat
- 26.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 29 mi
93 named places within 25 miles
- Tower Hill: 1.8 mi
- Willis Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Hill: 15.7 mi
- Woods Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Avon Hill: 16.6 mi
- Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute Historic District: 2.1 mi
- Buckingham Courthouse Historic District: 8.1 mi
- Madison Ballfield: 11.0 mi
- Totier Creek Park: 15.2 mi
- Dorrier Park: 15.7 mi
- Columbia Junction Lock: 17.6 mi
- Wood's Mill Dam: 17.6 mi
- Scheier Fish Ponds: 18.1 mi
- White Rock Lock and Dam: 18.3 mi
- Rivanna Mills Dam: 18.4 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 7.7 mi
- Bear Creek Lake State Park: 8.1 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 8.7 mi
- Horsepen Lake: 8.8 mi
- Hardware River: 10.9 mi
- Housewright House: 8.3 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 10.8 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 15.7 mi
- Moton Museum: 20.0 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 21.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 23.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 23.5 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 23.7 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 23.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 24.3 mi
- Picketts Spring: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffards Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appleberry Mountain | NW 322° | 557 m | 24.5 mi |
| Spears Mountain | W 266° | 497 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | NW 304° | 437 m | 24.7 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | WNW 296° | 430 m | 23.3 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NW 305° | 419 m | 22.7 mi |
| Pruetts Mountain | W 265° | 414 m | 19.8 mi |
| Monasco Mountain | WNW 303° | 411 m | 22.1 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WNW 295° | 360 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremo Bluff, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581766
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