Buzzard Roost
Buzzard Roost rises to 1,020 m in Georgia. Big Bald Mountain stands 1,235 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is High House, a peak 0.6 miles away. Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Georgia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31421915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,020 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Cohutta Overlook · 23 mi
- Raven Cliffs · 24 mi
- Tatum Lead Rd · 24 mi
- Waterfall view deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Green Space: 10.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- Harrison Park of Ellijay: 13.4 mi
- Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.6 mi
- Morganton Point Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- High House: 0.6 mi
- Rand Knob: 0.6 mi
- Wallace Mountain: 0.9 mi
- George Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bearden Mountain: 1.8 mi
- MacKaye Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Appalachian Trail Plaque: 4.1 mi
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail Southern Terminus: 4.1 mi
- Richard Fowler Shoolbred, Sr.: 4.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Noontootla Falls: 2.9 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Little Rock Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Amicalola Falls: 7.1 mi
- Sea Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery: 5.8 mi
- Bert's Farm: 8.3 mi
- Hillcrest Orchards: 8.3 mi
- Cartecay Vineyards Tasting Barn: 9.4 mi
- Expedition: Bigfoot - The Sasquatch Museum: 11.9 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 13.8 mi
- Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem: 17.5 mi
- Yahoola Cherokee Museum: 17.5 mi
- Dawson County Historic Courthouse: 18.6 mi
- Talking Rock Schoolhouse Teaching Museum: 18.6 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 12.3 mi
- Outside the Lines Art Studio: 19.2 mi
- Bear: 20.7 mi
- Open Bible: 23.2 mi
- Praying Hands: 23.3 mi
- Ellijay Cross: 13.0 mi
- White Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Shellot Cliffs: 20.9 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 24.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Talking Rock Nature Park: 18.3 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Poop Island: 12.2 mi
- Bent Tree Beach - Private: 13.8 mi
- Disharoon Beach: 15.0 mi
- Disharoon Beach Boardwalk: 15.0 mi
- Lodge and Lawn: 22.5 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 16.4 mi
- Lake Zwerner Yahoola Creek Reservoir Access 2: 17.7 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Buzzard Roost. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald Mountain | NW 321° | 1,235 m | 7.2 mi |
| Tickanetley Bald | NW 309° | 1,209 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | NW 317° | 1,198 m | 7.3 mi |
| Stover Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,158 m | 7.1 mi |
| Springer Mountain | SE 138° | 1,148 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ball Mountain | SE 131° | 1,109 m | 4.3 mi |
| Turniptown Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,103 m | 7.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,100 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:17 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jasper 1 NNW, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 327313 — Buzzard Roost, Gilmer County, Georgia.
OpenStreetMap element node/358711591
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