Buzzard Rock
Buzzard Rock rises to 1,553 m in Virginia. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the east-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Smyth County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017371, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,553 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.8 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.4 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 26 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 26 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 28 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beech Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Whitetop Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Locust Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 9.6 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 11.3 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 15.2 mi
- Ashe County Park: 15.9 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 17.0 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 14.7 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 15.6 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 15.8 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 16.9 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 18.8 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 5.5 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 7.3 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 12.6 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 8.9 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 9.7 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 15.1 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 20.4 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 23.9 mi
- Brig Spring: 5.5 mi
- Cave Spring: 6.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 7.3 mi
- Big Spring: 22.1 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 5.9 mi
- Listening Rock: 6.1 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 9.3 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 9.7 mi
- Trials Playground: 18.0 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 21.5 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 9.5 mi
- Wooly: 18.8 mi
- Heartwood: 21.8 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.3 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 20.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 11.4 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 15.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 21.7 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Buzzard Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | ENE 67° | 1,744 m | 4.3 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | ENE 78° | 1,689 m | 5.6 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,684 m | 0.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,684 m | 5.5 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | E 95° | 1,551 m | 6.2 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | E 94° | 1,526 m | 5.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | W 279° | 1,513 m | 0.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,503 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499202 — Buzzard Rock, Smyth County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586608
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