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Buzzards Roost

Buzzards Roost, seen from above at true elevation

Buzzards Roost rises to 458 m in Pennsylvania. Quirauk Mountain stands 654 m to the south-southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wikidata Q49017405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
458 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.74565, -77.48305

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pine Hill Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Solit farm: 1.4 mi
  • Old Benjamin Tenis Courts: 1.4 mi
  • Old Banjamin Flagpoles: 1.5 mi
  • Red Run Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Mason Dixon Line monument: 2.2 mi
  • Valley View Manor: 5.7 mi
  • Jacobs Church: 7.6 mi
  • St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Statue: 8.1 mi
  • Monsignor Hugh J. Phillips: 8.1 mi
Museums: 45
  • Monterey Pass Battlefield Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Renfrew Farm & Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Frederick County Fire Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Visitor Center: 8.9 mi
  • Museum of the Iron Worker: 11.8 mi
Springs: 22
  • Browns Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Fountaindale Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Raven Rock Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Pearl Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Travelers Spring: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 19
  • 42 West: 5.1 mi
  • Penn State Mont Alto Nittany Lion Shrine: 7.3 mi
  • St. Francis: 8.0 mi
  • Fr. John Dubois: 8.2 mi
  • Saint Maria Goretti: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Sachs Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
  • Catoctin Furnace: 11.6 mi
  • John Eisenhower Bridge: 12.0 mi
  • Pumpkin Cannon: 12.1 mi
  • Children's Village of Washington County: 13.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 6
  • Owens Creek Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Founder's Plaza: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Mason-Dixon Welcome Center: 9.4 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 16.3 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Beach Front: 1.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Buzzards Roost. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quirauk MountainSSW 205°654 m3.7 mi
Snowy MountainN 354°637 m6.2 mi
Buzzard PeakN 7°593 m5.1 mi
The KnobNNE 15°573 m7.7 mi
Catoctin MountainS 172°572 m6.8 mi
Rocky MountainN 351°570 m8.0 mi
Pivot RockN 352°563 m8.2 mi
High RockSSW 211°559 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4320:0220:42
September equinox06:5818:3319:09
December solstice07:2816:0616:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313342546370747266564536
Precip in3.83.04.44.04.94.23.74.05.34.13.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catoctin MTN Park, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357279340

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