Buzzard Rock
Buzzard Rock rises to 99 m in Virginia. Peters Mountain stands 550 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rivanna Mills Dam, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 17 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017363, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 99 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carysbrook Sports Complex: 2.8 mi
- Fluvanna County Courthouse Historic District: 6.2 mi
- Pleasant Grove Park: 7.2 mi
- Matthews Park: 8.7 mi
- Billyville: 13.9 mi
- Rivanna Mills Dam: 0.2 mi
- Bridge piers at Bryant's Ford: 0.3 mi
- Wood's Mill Dam: 1.9 mi
- White Rock Lock and Dam: 2.0 mi
- Columbia Junction Lock: 2.8 mi
- Little Mountain Hill: 5.2 mi
- Mountain Hill: 6.0 mi
- Buffards Mountain: 18.6 mi
- Tower Hill: 19.5 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 20.6 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 19.4 mi
- James Monroe: 19.4 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 20.4 mi
- King Alfred and His Court: 21.8 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 22.3 mi
- Scottsville Museum: 16.2 mi
- Goochland County Historical Society: 18.6 mi
- Scouting Museum: 19.5 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 20.4 mi
- The Cumberland County Museum and Visitors Center: 20.4 mi
- Louisa Downtown Garden: 19.4 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 20.6 mi
- West Lawn: 20.7 mi
- Cascadia Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Powhatan County Historic Garden: 22.9 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 10.9 mi
- Hardware River: 11.1 mi
- Hardware River State Wildlife Management Area: 12.5 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 16.3 mi
- Cumberland State Forest: 16.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 2: 10.3 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 10.8 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 10.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 11.2 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 12.0 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 19.4 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 22.6 mi
- Canada: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buzzard Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peters Mountain | NNW 348° | 550 m | 23.7 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | WNW 301° | 490 m | 24.6 mi |
| Carters Mountain | NW 309° | 477 m | 20.7 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | N 350° | 458 m | 24.2 mi |
| Wolfpit Mountain | NNW 328° | 454 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hightop | NNW 338° | 445 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 333° | 442 m | 20.7 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 332° | 441 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:00 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:17 | 16:58 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmyra 3S, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560559
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 23 mi
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