Alum Bluff
Alum Bluff is a cliff in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Beaver Mountain stands 484 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Etta Bend Public Use Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Cherokee Hills Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 237 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stone Bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Etta Bend Public Use Area: 0.4 mi
- Horseshoe Bend Public Use Area: 1.1 mi
- Carters Landing Public Use Area: 1.6 mi
- Strayhorn Landing Public Use Area: 3.3 mi
- Cherokee Landing State Park: 3.6 mi
- Mahaney Mountain: 1.9 mi
- King Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Park Hill Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Pettit Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Boy Scout Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Cookson Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Turkey Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Stony Point: 12.2 mi
- Eagles Bluff: 15.3 mi
- John Ross Museum: 3.4 mi
- Hunter's Home: 3.9 mi
- Cherokee National Prison Museum: 7.6 mi
- Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum: 7.6 mi
- Cherokee National History Museum: 7.7 mi
- Fort Gibson State Historic Site: 19.0 mi
- Fort Davis Historical Marker: 23.4 mi
- Going Home: I-40 Bridge Collapse Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Piney: 21.7 mi
- Tahlonteeskee: 22.5 mi
- Sexton: 24.2 mi
- All American Floats: 8.2 mi
- KCS Stilwell Depot: 16.4 mi
- Civitan Park Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Alum Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Mountain | SE 145° | 484 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bunch Mountain | SE 130° | 470 m | 8.9 mi |
| Dahlonegah Mountain | ESE 116° | 462 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gittin Down Mountain | ESE 107° | 459 m | 10.4 mi |
| Sanders Mountain | ESE 117° | 448 m | 9.0 mi |
| Red Springs Mountain | SSE 161° | 446 m | 10.9 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | SSE 156° | 444 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Round Mountain | SE 142° | 442 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:31 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahlequah, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357385274
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