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Buzzard Roost Hill

Buzzard Roost Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Buzzard Roost Hill rises to 247 m in Indiana. Hickman Hill stands 302 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wynnsboro, a ghost town 0.9 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q33137577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
247 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.30034, -86.25275

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Baylor Park: 3.4 mi
  • Harrison Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Town Hall: 6.3 mi
  • Clifton Center: 6.6 mi
  • Marengo Community Building: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Artworks: 7
  • The Spring and Statue: 19.2 mi
  • BPW Hoosiers Field of Memories: 21.3 mi
  • Landscape: 23.3 mi
  • Lucy Higgs Nichols: 23.5 mi
  • Winged Man: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
Attractions: 3
Museums: 3
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Patoka Lake Swimming Beach: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Buzzard Roost Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickman HillESE 103°302 m17.9 mi
Spickert KnobE 83°289 m22.1 mi
Pilot KnobW 274°287 m5.5 mi
Warren HillN 358°284 m16.2 mi
Sand Bank HillN 359°283 m17.4 mi
Hayes HillS 169°282 m16.2 mi
Daisy HillNE 52°282 m22.2 mi
Seigs HillENE 57°281 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:2219:57
June solstice06:2320:3321:13
September equinox07:3319:0919:44
December solstice07:5916:4717:29

Local time (America/Indiana/Marengo).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333746576674777669574737
Precip in3.83.64.85.25.05.43.82.93.74.04.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — English, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 431921 — Buzzard Roost Hill, Harrison County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358650340

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