Buzzard Peak
Buzzard Peak rises to 386 m in California. Oregon Peak stands 1,047 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Yuba River, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35731028, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 386 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Howard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Meade Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 2.3 mi
- Peardon Hill: 2.5 mi
- High Prairie: 3.0 mi
- Bugler Cove Park: 4.7 mi
- Commodore Park: 4.7 mi
- Lake Wildwood Community Center: 4.8 mi
- Vista Park: 4.9 mi
- Miners Gulch Park: 5.0 mi
- World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line: 9.0 mi
- Lockheed U2 Monument: 9.8 mi
- Airplane: 9.9 mi
- Northrop T-38 A Talon: 10.4 mi
- WWII German Prisoner of War Cell Block: 11.3 mi
- Bridgeport Museum and Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
- North Star Museum: 12.6 mi
- Nevada County Historical Society History Center: 14.7 mi
- American Victorian Museum: 15.2 mi
- Nevada County Narrow Guage Railroad Museum: 15.2 mi
- Lower Yuba River: 1.4 mi
- Black Swan Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Burton Homestead Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Adam Ryan Wildlife Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Woodpecker Wildlife Preserve / Geri Bergen Memorial Forest: 16.7 mi
- Bridgeport Covered Bridge: 7.0 mi
- Bourn Cottage: 13.7 mi
- Purdon Crossing: 15.1 mi
- China Dam: 15.9 mi
- Emerald Pool: 16.0 mi
- Johnsons Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Rocky Point: 14.2 mi
- Granite Point: 14.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Windy Point: 23.0 mi
- Pine Island Beach: 4.8 mi
- Collins Lake Beach: 6.9 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 12.8 mi
- Dog Beach: 21.4 mi
- Turrtle Bend: 23.6 mi
- Bourn Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 14.5 mi
- Toride Japan Sister City Garden: 19.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 22.2 mi
- Dutch Flat Community Garden: 24.8 mi
- Chandon: 20.0 mi
- Red Dog: 21.6 mi
- North Bloomfield: 23.4 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 23.5 mi
- Hamilton: 23.6 mi
- Oven Spring: 12.8 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 21.2 mi
- Holden Spring: 22.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 24.5 mi
- Overlook Point Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 21.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.7 mi
- Codfish Falls: 24.8 mi
- Gold Run Westbound Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Gold Run Eastbound Rest Area: 24.4 mi
- Eagle: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Buzzard Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Peak | NNE 32° | 1,047 m | 12.5 mi |
| Fountain House Hill | NNE 25° | 982 m | 13.4 mi |
| Summit Hill | NNE 31° | 960 m | 13.9 mi |
| Osborne Hill | ESE 103° | 933 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | E 80° | 928 m | 15.4 mi |
| Montezuma Hill | ENE 64° | 882 m | 14.0 mi |
| Ophir Hill | E 98° | 836 m | 14.1 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | ESE 123° | 802 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:04 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 61 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 8.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dobbins 1 S, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358762832
Day trips start here
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- Colfax · 21 mi
- Auburn · 26 mi
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