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Boy Scout Bluff

Boy Scout Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Boy Scout Bluff is a cliff in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 221 m. Beaver Mountain stands 484 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is King Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Cherokee Hills Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
221 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.85426, -94.90551

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • King Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Sugar Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Park Hill Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Mahaney Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Bald Hill: 5.3 mi
Parks
  • Horseshoe Bend Public Use Area: 2.3 mi
  • Murrell Home Park: 2.9 mi
  • Etta Bend Public Use Area: 2.9 mi
  • Carters Landing Public Use Area: 3.9 mi
  • Felts Park: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 7
Attractions: 2
  • All American Floats: 5.3 mi
  • KCS Stilwell Depot: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Boy Scout Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver MountainSSE 156°484 m13.3 mi
Bunch MountainSE 145°470 m10.7 mi
Gittin Down MountainESE 124°459 m11.1 mi
West MountainE 100°450 m13.8 mi
Sanders MountainSE 134°448 m10.2 mi
Red Springs MountainSSE 168°446 m13.7 mi
Blaylock MountainSSE 164°444 m13.8 mi
Little Round MountainSSE 152°442 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5819:32
June solstice06:0420:0220:40
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:2716:3117:10

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394453616977818073625142
Precip in2.53.04.44.76.35.54.44.14.94.24.22.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahlequah, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357386865

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