Cliff · North Carolina
Big Bluff
Big Bluff is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is May Moore Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Brunswick Town Road passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Coordinates33.91156, -78.08416
- 11.6 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 13.0 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- May Moore Park: 0.1 mi
- Shipwreck Park: 0.2 mi
- Shipwreck Park: 0.2 mi
- The Crab Dock: 0.3 mi
- Yaupon Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites: 30
- Buoy 1: 3.2 mi
- Buoy 2: 3.2 mi
- Battery Shipp: 3.6 mi
- Battery Bagley: 3.7 mi
- Battery Swift: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves: 28
- Oak Island Nature Center: 1.5 mi
- Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 4.4 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 4.5 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 4.5 mi
Museums: 13
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 3.8 mi
- Fort Johnston: 3.9 mi
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum: 10.4 mi
- North Carolina Military History Museum: 10.7 mi
- Federal Point History Center: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 12
- Oak Island Cabana: 1.9 mi
- Caswell Beach: 2.2 mi
- Long Beach: 4.1 mi
- Bay Beach: 7.7 mi
- East Beach: 7.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- Supply Shed: 5.5 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 8.1 mi
- Captain Charlie’s II: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 4
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 14.6 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 23.8 mi
- Devon Park Community Garden: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Barnes Bluff: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 1
- Sand Hill: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- OIB Sign: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | N 351° | 17 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southport 5 N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357768735
Day trips start here
- Oak Island · 3 mi
- Southport · 4 mi
- Kure Beach · 12 mi
- Carolina Beach · 14 mi
- Wilmington · 24 mi
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