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Blue Bluff

Blue Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 384 m. Spur Mountain stands 549 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mauldin Hills, a peak 3.5 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 16 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
384 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.38850, -98.67393
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks: 49
  • Mauldin Hills: 3.5 mi
  • Linn Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Burger Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Wildhorse Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Round Mountain: 6.5 mi
Parks: 8
  • Goldthwaite Municipal Park: 7.3 mi
  • San Saba River Nature Park: 13.3 mi
  • Risien Park: 13.3 mi
  • San Saba City Park: 13.7 mi
  • San Saba City Park: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

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
Spur MountainN 359°549 m22.0 mi
Buffalo KnobSSW 196°538 m24.5 mi
Long Pompey MountainN 7°537 m16.9 mi
High Pond MountainSSW 197°537 m24.1 mi
Little Pompey MountainN 7°530 m16.2 mi
Turkey Peak MountainN 354°522 m24.3 mi
Huckabee HillNE 45°520 m17.4 mi
Tiger MountainNNE 19°517 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1519:47
June solstice06:3120:0720:43
September equinox07:2419:0119:33
December solstice07:3117:0017:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647279828276665547
Precip in1.72.22.42.24.24.21.82.02.53.52.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goldthwaite 1 WSW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356787786

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