Buffalo Point

Buffalo Point: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Buffalo Point

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Buffalo Point — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.41196, -102.32074. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Buffalo Point

• First Methodist-Episcopal Church · church · Baca · ~22 km · Must-see
• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~42 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~69 km · Must-see
• Cimarron National Grassland · sanctuary · Morton · ~71 km · Must-see
• Springfield Museum · museum · Baca · ~33 km
• Two Buttes Dam · lake · Baca · ~39 km
• Point of Rocks · viewpoint · Morton · ~60 km
• Cimarron Grassland and Santa Fe Trail overlook · viewpoint · Morton · ~61 km
• Eight Mile Corner · fort · Cimarron · ~66 km
• Stanton County Museum · museum · Stanton · ~66 km
• East Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~70 km
• Razor Blade Mesa · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~70 km
• Lone Rock · viewpoint · Baca · ~72 km
• Walsh Wesleyan Church · church · Baca · ~5 km
• Black Butte · viewpoint · Baca · ~8 km
• Turks Pond · lake · Baca · ~12 km
• R R Rutherford Dam · lake · Baca · ~13 km
• Grover W Mundell Reservoir · lake · Baca · ~15 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Buffalo Point

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Buffalo Point

• Two Buttes · viewpoint · Prowers · ~42 km · Must-see
• West Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Baca · ~69 km · Must-see
• Black Mesa · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~122 km · Must-see
• Mesa de Maya · viewpoint · Las Animas · ~138 km · Must-see
• Point of Rocks · viewpoint · Morton · ~60 km
• Cimarron Grassland and Santa Fe Trail overlook · viewpoint · Morton · ~61 km
• East Pawnee Trail Canyon · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~70 km
• Razor Blade Mesa · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~70 km
• Lone Rock · viewpoint · Baca · ~72 km
• Winchester Mesa · viewpoint · Cimarron · ~76 km

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