Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek is a stream in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Buffalo Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Youngs Mountain, as well as near Fairfield Mountains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chimney Rock and Bat Cave.

Chimney Rock

Village

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Chimney Rock is a village in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census. The village took its name from a large gneiss outcrop located on a summit above the village itself in Chimney Rock State Park. Chimney Rock is situated 3½ miles west of Buffalo Creek.

Bat Cave

Hamlet

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Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named after a bat cave located on Bluerock Mountain, it is the largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public. Bat Cave is situated 6 miles west of Buffalo Creek.

Buffalo Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Rutherford County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.45929° or 35° 27′ 33″ north

Longitude

-82.189° or 82° 11′ 20″ west

Elevation

991 feet (302 metres)

Open location code

867VFR56+PC

GeoNames ID

4457994

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