Buzzard Roost
Buzzard Roost rises to 254 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lascassas Ball Park, a park 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31665166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 254 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Hill: 3.1 mi
- Rucker Knob: 3.7 mi
- Church Knob: 4.1 mi
- Casons Knobs: 4.2 mi
- Grandfather Knob: 5.4 mi
- Lascassas Ball Park: 1.6 mi
- McKnight Park: 6.8 mi
- Richard Siegel Park: 7.0 mi
- MTSU Campus Seal: 7.1 mi
- The Uranidrome Obesrvatory: 7.3 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 6.5 mi
- Airplane on a Stick: 6.9 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 7.2 mi
- General Bragg Headquarters: 9.2 mi
- Fortress Rosecrans: 9.2 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 8.4 mi
- Discovery Center: 8.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 13.3 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 14.5 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 20.6 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 7.0 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 7.3 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 19.6 mi
- State Street Garden: 8.0 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 12.7 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 10.3 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 10.6 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 1: 17.2 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 10.4 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 11.1 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 15.3 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 11.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Hopewell: 14.4 mi
- Spring Creek: 16.6 mi
- Big Spring: 24.0 mi
- Mason Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Gin Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Maney Spring: 7.7 mi
- Swimming Area: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Buzzard Roost. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | E 100° | 635 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mason Mountain | E 99° | 533 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | ESE 102° | 446 m | 14.5 mi |
| Locust Knob | S 186° | 412 m | 17.6 mi |
| Gowen Knob | S 176° | 399 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Defiance | NNE 26° | 398 m | 12.7 mi |
| Gilly Hill | SSE 157° | 386 m | 16.9 mi |
| Fisher Knob | NE 53° | 383 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:56 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro 5 N, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1279227 — Buzzard Roost, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356791760
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