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Alley Bluff

Alley Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Alley Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 127 m. Horseshoe Hill stands 277 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Alley Bluff Tennessee Valley Authority Wild Area, a park 0.5 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
127 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.63396, -88.03281

59 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 23
Cliffs: 20
Parks: 11
Museums: 2
  • T. S. Stribling Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Beech River Heritage Museum: 20.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Parker's Crossroads Civil War Battlefield: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Mill Spring: 24.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alley Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horseshoe HillESE 118°277 m20.0 mi
Smith HillSE 140°271 m19.7 mi
Davidson HillS 171°223 m23.4 mi
Hughes HillS 172°221 m19.8 mi
Ward HillSSE 150°219 m9.3 mi
Sand HillNW 321°213 m18.7 mi
Horses HeadSE 126°211 m6.0 mi
Russ CoalingsS 179°209 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:04
June solstice05:3819:3420:12
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice06:5916:0416:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384251606874787771604941
Precip in4.64.85.15.45.84.84.83.74.04.04.15.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mousetail Landing SP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356785175

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