Mt. Buckley
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Mt. Buckley rises to 2,004 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east, 0.4 miles off. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31644966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,004.12 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 12.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 5 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 6 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 6 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Slab Falls: 1.2 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 2.7 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 3.7 mi
- War Branch Cascade: 3.9 mi
- Jonas Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 6.5 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 8.9 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 10.0 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 10.1 mi
- Otter: 10.1 mi
- Kuwohi: 0.4 mi
- Mount Love: 0.8 mi
- Andrews Bald: 1.7 mi
- Jenkins Knob: 2.2 mi
- Mount Collins: 2.5 mi
- David Monteith Park: 9.3 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 9.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 9.6 mi
- MacNeill Park: 9.7 mi
- Bryson City Island Park: 9.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 9.7 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 9.9 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 9.9 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 10.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 10.3 mi
- Fort Harry: 5.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 9.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 12.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 6.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 8.2 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 13.6 mi
- Cliff: 13.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 14.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 8.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Bear: 10.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 13.0 mi
- Fish: 15.9 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 20.4 mi
- Sylva Mural: 20.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 12.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 21.7 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 5.0 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.8 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 23.5 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 23.7 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mt. Buckley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | E 84° | 2,025 m | 0.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNE 31° | 2,010 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNE 31° | 2,004 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cliff Top | NNE 29° | 1,997 m | 7.3 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NNE 34° | 1,992 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Love | ENE 66° | 1,956 m | 0.8 mi |
| West Point | NNE 25° | 1,937 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Kephart | NE 54° | 1,895 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356773702
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