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Alum Bluff

Alum Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Alum Bluff is a cliff in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Sixteenth Hill stands 61 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park 3.3 miles away. BIG BEND SCENIC BYWY passes 13 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
14 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.46908, -84.98603

89 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 34
  • Jackson Blue Spring Apalachicola: 10.9 mi
  • Hamilton Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Peacock Spring: 11.7 mi
  • White Cave Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Window Spring: 12.1 mi
Parks: 31
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.3 mi
  • Pear-Azalea Park: 4.2 mi
  • Sam Atkins Park: 5.1 mi
  • Chipola River Rest Area & Boat Ramp: 11.4 mi
  • Estiffanulga Landing Park: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Tank: 17.6 mi
  • Caboose: 18.3 mi
  • CSS Chattahoochee: 18.3 mi
  • John Shaw Vaughan monument: 22.2 mi
  • Cannon: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
  • Panhandle Pioneer Settlement: 5.2 mi
  • Dezell House Museum: 15.9 mi
  • Greensboro Depot Railroad Museum: 16.0 mi
Peaks: 3
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sixteenth HillN 9°61 m19.0 mi
Hickory HillNNE 17°40 m10.7 mi
Red HillSSW 196°15 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:2018:52
June solstice05:3919:1119:46
September equinox06:2918:0618:38
December solstice06:3416:0816:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525460667479828178696054
Precip in4.84.65.23.94.56.37.06.06.13.93.63.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quincy 3 SSW, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358690921

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