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Big Bluff

Big Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Big Bluff is a cliff in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. Turner Ward Knob stands 746 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Jim Bluff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway passes 7.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
375 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.04924, -93.31963

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Fisher Point: 0.7 mi
  • California Point: 1.3 mi
  • Kilgore Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Pickert Point: 2.5 mi
  • Sherman Mountain: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 29
Parks: 23
  • Steel Creek Use Area: 1.4 mi
  • centerpoint horsecamp: 2.5 mi
  • Horseshoe Canyon Ranch: 3.3 mi
  • Lost Valley State Park: 4.1 mi
  • Henry Koen Experimental Forest: 7.5 mi
Museums: 5
  • Bradley House Museum: 7.9 mi
  • AGFC Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Boone County Heritage Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Madison County Historical Society: 23.7 mi
  • Memory Lane Museum: 24.2 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Plane Crash Memorial Plaque: 8.9 mi
  • Boone County Men Served Both Armies / Military Activity in Boone County: 17.2 mi
  • Madison County War Memorial: 23.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Mystic Caverns: 11.8 mi
  • Lynn Hollow: 23.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 23.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Glencoe Spring: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Big Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turner Ward KnobSSW 210°746 m14.9 mi
Reeves MountainSW 225°733 m13.8 mi
Shiloh MountainSSW 197°694 m7.2 mi
Henderson MountainSSE 154°692 m15.0 mi
Kilgore MountainSE 138°682 m1.7 mi
Lost MountainS 188°677 m13.1 mi
Moss MountainSE 137°671 m9.7 mi
Sherman MountainESE 104°670 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:25
June solstice05:5719:5620:34
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:2116:2417:03

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846556371757568584637
Precip in3.33.04.35.25.54.84.43.54.24.54.13.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston 2S, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358967792

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