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Barney Bluff

Barney Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Barney Bluff is a cliff in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 41 m. Poverty Hill stands 130 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Whites Mound, a peak 1.0 miles away. Savannah River Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
41 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.29375, -81.91067

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McBean Community Park: 4.5 mi
  • New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam Park: 5.8 mi
  • John Harley Park: 7.6 mi
  • Butler Creek Park: 8.3 mi
  • Washington Monument: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 19
Artworks: 14
Museums: 9
Gardens: 8
  • Boardman Family Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Japanese pocket garden: 13.2 mi
  • Village Fruit and Vegetable Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Community Garden Plots: 14.5 mi
  • Burkeland Garden: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Phinizy Swamp Nature Park: 7.1 mi
  • Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds: 11.9 mi
  • Gertrude Herbert Memorial Institute of Art: 12.5 mi
  • Old Academy of Richmond County Park: 12.5 mi
  • Augusta Cotton Exchange Building: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Whites Mound: 1.0 mi
  • Rhodes Mound: 3.4 mi
  • High Head: 16.7 mi
  • Poverty Hill: 19.6 mi
Springs: 3
Nature reserves: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poverty HillNNW 342°130 m19.6 mi
High HeadSSE 149°51 m16.7 mi
Rhodes MoundSE 131°34 m3.4 mi
Whites MoundNNE 28°33 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0719:40
June solstice06:1920:0420:41
September equinox07:1618:5319:26
December solstice07:2816:4717:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657380838276665649
Precip in3.83.74.12.93.14.84.54.63.62.62.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta Bush FLD AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358679987

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