Buzzard Rocks
Buzzard Rocks rises to 725 m in Virginia. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the north, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kirtley Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017375, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 725 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 4 mi
- The Point Overlook · 4 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 5 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 9.2 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 9.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 9.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 9.5 mi
- Greene County Park: 9.7 mi
- Kirtley Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cliff Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bear Church Rock: 2.8 mi
- Lighted Top: 3.0 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 3.4 mi
- Five Tents: 5.2 mi
- CCC Camp: 7.0 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 10.5 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 17.2 mi
- Old School House Museum: 17.3 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- South River Falls: 5.0 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 5.5 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Lewis Spring: 7.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 7.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.6 mi
- Elkton Spring: 9.9 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 10.0 mi
- Love: 17.5 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.7 mi
- James Madison: 24.4 mi
- Duke Dog Statue: 24.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 24.5 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 17.2 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 17.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 17.5 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 17.5 mi
- The Garden Maze: 17.6 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 8.0 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 9.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 15.0 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 20.4 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 3.0 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 18.3 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 22.6 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 19.4 mi
- ISAT Patio: 24.0 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 24.0 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Buzzard Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | N 4° | 1,172 m | 4.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | NNW 339° | 1,149 m | 4.6 mi |
| Spitler Hill | N 11° | 1,138 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blackrock | N 351° | 1,116 m | 7.8 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 3° | 1,097 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hightop | SW 232° | 1,091 m | 8.9 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,087 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | NW 313° | 1,083 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1464198 — Buzzard Rocks, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560560
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 6 mi
- Charlottesville · 27 mi
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