Buzzards Roost
Buzzards Roost rises to 473 m in Tennessee. Jakes Mountain stands 670 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Whale Face Rock, a attraction 1.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31692613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 473 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kellog Knob: 3.5 mi
- Bradden Knob: 3.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.4 mi
- Salzer Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Buck Knob: 6.0 mi
- Fall Creek Falls State Park: 2.2 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
- Spencer City Park: 6.6 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 9.4 mi
- Bledsoe County Ball Park: 10.6 mi
- Piney Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 20.0 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 20.7 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 22.3 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 22.4 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 1.1 mi
- George's Hole: 1.8 mi
- Sunset Rock: 17.2 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 17.8 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 21.6 mi
- Medley Arch: 3.4 mi
- Copper Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 7.1 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 7.3 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 20.8 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 23.7 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 17.6 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 23.6 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 23.7 mi
- George's Hole: 1.8 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 14.3 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 21.4 mi
- Pinhook: 23.9 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Buzzards Roost. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jakes Mountain | SW 214° | 670 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | SSW 202° | 664 m | 15.0 mi |
| Wright Mountain | SSW 193° | 649 m | 7.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 208° | 649 m | 13.1 mi |
| Hitchcox Mountain | SSW 195° | 647 m | 8.7 mi |
| Smartt Mountain | SSW 208° | 645 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bonner Knob | SSW 208° | 644 m | 14.2 mi |
| Pink Knob | SSW 194° | 641 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:53 | 16:32 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fall Creek Falls SP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10246767959
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