Buzzard Mountain
Buzzard Mountain rises to 399 m in Tennessee. Dugger Hill stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31665078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 399 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Baker Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Big Butte: 3.1 mi
- Milksick Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Story Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 2.9 mi
- Pearson Park: 4.2 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 8.6 mi
- Spencer City Park: 10.0 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Virgin Falls: 4.7 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 5.6 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 5.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 14.3 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 10.1 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 10.1 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 19.6 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 20.3 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 20.4 mi
- Sunset Rock: 3.3 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 15.0 mi
- George's Hole: 15.5 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 22.0 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 22.6 mi
- Copper Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Medley Arch: 10.7 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 13.7 mi
- Harris Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Rocky Bar: 24.8 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 23.2 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 24.7 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 24.7 mi
- George's Hole: 15.5 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 19.7 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 21.5 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 20.8 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 21.2 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 14.5 mi
- Pinhook: 16.8 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Buzzard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugger Hill | ESE 107° | 617 m | 11.2 mi |
| Big Level | ESE 103° | 617 m | 11.9 mi |
| Potts Knob | E 91° | 617 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bradden Knob | SSE 161° | 616 m | 15.5 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | E 86° | 610 m | 5.3 mi |
| The Pounds | E 92° | 603 m | 13.0 mi |
| Nussom Knob | SE 132° | 603 m | 17.3 mi |
| Kellog Knob | SSE 160° | 598 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356773963
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