Buzzards Roost
Buzzards Roost rises to 448 m in North Carolina. Blue Rock Knob stands 1,225 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Canopy Ridge Farm, a attraction 1.7 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31619451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 448 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 5.9 mi off the Drovers Road
- 15.7 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 4 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 4 mi
- Opera Box · 4 mi
- Devil's Head · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Party Rock: 1.7 mi
- Fairfield Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bills Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Youngs Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.7 mi
- Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 2.2 mi
- Morse Park: 2.6 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 3.3 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 3.3 mi
- The Gathering Place: 3.7 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 3.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.1 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 4.3 mi
- Pool Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Upper Pool Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 9.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 10.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 12.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 13.0 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 13.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 17.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Spring Garden: 21.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 12.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 12.7 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 12.8 mi
- House of Flags: 13.2 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 13.4 mi
- Globe: 12.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 13.9 mi
- Orange Bear: 18.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 20.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 21.6 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 1.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 3.5 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.7 mi
- Southern X793: 17.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 17.9 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 1.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 16.8 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 18.4 mi
- Worlds Edge: 5.1 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 5.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.6 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 18.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Buzzards Roost. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rock Knob | WNW 300° | 1,225 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,208 m | 5.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,160 m | 8.8 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,156 m | 3.7 mi |
| Miller Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,095 m | 8.0 mi |
| Burntshirt Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,061 m | 8.7 mi |
| High Top | WNW 293° | 1,053 m | 8.2 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NW 317° | 1,052 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023865 — Buzzards Roost, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809878
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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