Buzzard Peak
Buzzard Peak rises to 463 m in California. Mount Saint Helena stands 1,319 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lawson Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35731020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 463 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross on the Hill: 2.1 mi
- Rocky Bear: 4.9 mi
- Tree Limns: 5.9 mi
- Cancer Survivor's Plaza: 6.1 mi
- wall/mural: 6.2 mi
- Mount Hood: 2.5 mi
- Red Hill: 3.0 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Skyhawk Park: 1.8 mi
- Spring Lake Park: 2.9 mi
- Mahonia Glen Park: 2.9 mi
- Oaklake Green Park: 3.1 mi
- Tanglewood Park: 3.3 mi
- The Petrified Forest: 6.5 mi
- Bale Grist Mill: 7.1 mi
- Beringer Vineyards: 7.1 mi
- V. Sattui Winery: 8.3 mi
- Old Faithful Geyser: 9.0 mi
- Cross on the Hill: 2.1 mi
- G.A.R. Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Memorial Rose Grove: 5.8 mi
- Native American Canoe: 6.6 mi
- Snoopy and Charlie Brown Sculpture: 6.8 mi
- Robert Ferguson Observatory: 5.3 mi
- Jesse Peter Museum: 6.6 mi
- Sonoma County Art Museum: 6.6 mi
- Sonoma County Museum: 6.6 mi
- Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center: 7.4 mi
- St. Francis Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 4.3 mi
- Garden of Healing: 5.7 mi
- Reading Garden: 6.2 mi
- City of Santa Rosa Sustainable Education Garden: 6.4 mi
- Owls Nest Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Hood Mountain - McCormick Ranch Addition: 3.8 mi
- Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Stuart Creek Run: 8.0 mi
- Fairfield Osborn Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Lawson Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 3.8 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Provence Picnic: 10.6 mi
- Rhône Picnic: 10.6 mi
- Steelhead Beach: 16.4 mi
- Children's Beach: 16.7 mi
- Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach: 16.9 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 17.8 mi
- River Bend Beach: 18.7 mi
- White Point: 15.1 mi
- Stags Leap: 15.8 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 23.0 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Linda Falls: 10.5 mi
- Haraszthy Falls: 15.5 mi
- Hunter Spring: 3.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 14.2 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 12.8 mi
- Wingo: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Buzzard Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Saint Helena | N 353° | 1,319 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Saint Helena South Peak | N 356° | 1,220 m | 13.2 mi |
| Goat Roost Rock | N 351° | 984 m | 15.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 18° | 906 m | 12.5 mi |
| Three Peaks | NNE 29° | 872 m | 11.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | NNE 13° | 857 m | 15.2 mi |
| Old Baldy | NNE 27° | 836 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Hood | E 101° | 833 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:59 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Rosa, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 220316 — Buzzard Peak, Sonoma County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762828
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