Buzzard Roost Mountain
Buzzard Roost Mountain rises to 468 m in South Carolina. Sassafras Mountain stands 1,087 m to the north-northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Creek Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31656301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 468 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 12.1 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 11 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 11 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 12 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Creek Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Gilstrap Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Dug Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Pink Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Spelunker Falls: 0.5 mi
- Crosscut Falls: 0.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 1.0 mi
- Pork Chop Falls: 1.0 mi
- Poe Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 1.2 mi
- Camp Cedar Creek: 2.7 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 5.7 mi
- DAR Monument: 6.7 mi
- Pickens Recreation Center: 8.1 mi
- Cateechee Mill: 12.3 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 12.6 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Dedicated to Veterans World War: 13.9 mi
- Oconee Station: 14.2 mi
- El Lieutenant: 15.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 17.9 mi
- Dunns Rock: 18.1 mi
- Spiral Mesh: 18.2 mi
- Illuminated Chroma Wind Trees: 18.2 mi
- Shift-Ascend: 18.4 mi
- All In: 18.4 mi
- Paper Airplane: 18.4 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 9.0 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 9.1 mi
- World of Energy: 10.4 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 10.9 mi
- Central Railway Museum: 15.6 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 8.9 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 16.8 mi
- Oconee County Cage: 17.5 mi
- Howard's Rock: 18.2 mi
- Tiny Town: 19.7 mi
- English Garden: 9.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 9.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 22.9 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 23.2 mi
- Nalley Brown Nature Park: 16.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 20.7 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 4.2 mi
- North Beach: 8.1 mi
- South Beach: 9.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.2 mi
- East Beach: 18.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 9.6 mi
- Moody Spring: 13.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.7 mi
- South: 9.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Buzzard Roost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sassafras Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,087 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,063 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | NE 44° | 1,041 m | 8.7 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,003 m | 8.1 mi |
| Caesars Head | NNE 25° | 978 m | 8.6 mi |
| Roundtop Mountain | NNE 28° | 929 m | 7.8 mi |
| Flatrock Mountain | N 5° | 879 m | 7.9 mi |
| Chimneytop | NNE 17° | 852 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickens, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1231115 — Buzzard Roost Mountain, Pickens County, South Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357095812
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