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Blue Bluff

Blue Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Bluff is a cliff in Indiana, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Weed Patch Hill stands 322 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Cliff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Historic National Road - Indiana passes 14 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.49366, -86.39666

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 59
  • Decorative Cannon: 13.8 mi
  • Celebrating the American Familiy: 13.9 mi
  • WWII Monument: 13.9 mi
  • Celebration of Service: 14.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Monument: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 58
Peaks: 53
Museums: 27
Nature reserves: 18
Gardens: 14
  • Prayer Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Enabling Garden: 13.9 mi
  • St. Stephen's Community Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Avon Community Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Garfield Park Sunken Gardens: 21.3 mi
Attractions: 12
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades Falls: 22.1 mi
  • McCormick's Creek Waterfall: 22.3 mi
  • Upper Cataract Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Lower Cataract Falls: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Eastbound): 11.0 mi
  • Plainfield Rest Area (Wesbound): 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Weed Patch HillSSE 157°322 m24.5 mi
Bearwallow HillSSE 150°313 m19.3 mi
Hesitation PointSSE 159°306 m24.0 mi
Cooks HillSSE 159°292 m12.1 mi
Mount NeboSSE 154°291 m6.7 mi
Maple HillSSE 167°291 m18.5 mi
Baughman HillSSE 163°287 m18.3 mi
Guffy HillSE 135°287 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5019:2219:58
June solstice06:1920:3721:17
September equinox07:3419:0919:44
December solstice08:0316:4317:26

Local time (America/Indiana/Indianapolis).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283140526270737265534233
Precip in3.22.43.54.85.05.34.13.43.53.53.63.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsville 2 SW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358649534

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