Buzzard Hill
Buzzard Hill rises to 397 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 728 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Toy Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017325, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 18.1 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 17 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 19 mi
- Split Rock · 19 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Toy Hill: 0.8 mi
- Taylors Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lewin Hill: 2.1 mi
- Paris Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 5.4 mi
- Snowden Ruins: 7.6 mi
- Town of Boyce: 8.6 mi
- Saratoga: 8.6 mi
- Shannondale Lodge: 10.1 mi
- 9/11 Steel Beam Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Watermelon Park: 2.4 mi
- Bears Den Park: 3.4 mi
- Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield: 4.3 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 6.4 mi
- Rixey Moore Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Cider Stage: 4.1 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 4.2 mi
- Peacocks: 4.2 mi
- Pig Pen: 4.2 mi
- Pathway Puzzle Maze: 4.2 mi
- The Peacemakers: 15.0 mi
- Bird In Flight: 15.2 mi
- Warrior Statue: 15.6 mi
- Daniel Morgan: 15.6 mi
- Admiral Richard Byrd: 15.7 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 4.2 mi
- Josephine School Community Museum: 5.9 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 11.8 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 14.6 mi
- Abram's Delight: 15.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 2.2 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 4.5 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Red Bud Run: 12.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.6 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 8.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.5 mi
- Harris Springs: 10.2 mi
- Potts Springs: 10.2 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 4.2 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 5.9 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 10.9 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 17.1 mi
- Dargan Bend: 21.4 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.9 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 22.6 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 24.0 mi
- Pua Falls: 0.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.2 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 23.4 mi
- River Access: 3.6 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 10.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 16.0 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 23.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 8.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Buzzard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SW 220° | 728 m | 17.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SW 217° | 674 m | 10.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSW 207° | 644 m | 16.8 mi |
| Ravensden Rock | SW 218° | 604 m | 18.3 mi |
| Paris | SW 219° | 590 m | 8.6 mi |
| Paris Mountain | SSW 202° | 587 m | 3.7 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | S 189° | 476 m | 17.0 mi |
| Neersville | NNE 33° | 467 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:11 | 16:53 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX 3, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1464194 — Buzzard Hill, Clarke County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560556
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 12 mi
- Loudoun County · 14 mi
- Leesburg · 18 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 19 mi
- Ashburn · 22 mi
- Brunswick · 22 mi
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