Brown Bluff
Brown Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 683 m. Guadalupe stands 740 m to the northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Swimming Hole, a spring 0.9 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 683 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 20 mi
- Ol' Baldy viewpoint · 20 mi
104 named places within 25 miles
- Site of McLaurin Massacre: 8.2 mi
- Leakey School: 11.6 mi
- Leakey Methodist Church: 11.7 mi
- Leakey Church of Christ: 11.7 mi
- John Leakey: 11.8 mi
- Guadalupe: 5.2 mi
- Meridian Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Chalk Hill: 13.9 mi
- Panther Hill: 14.5 mi
- Circle Bluff: 1.0 mi
- Bee Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Weed Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 18.9 mi
- Foshee Trail: 20.6 mi
- Swimming Hole: 0.9 mi
- Duncan Spring: 13.2 mi
- Green Spring: 13.6 mi
- Joy Spring: 15.6 mi
- Cherry Spring: 15.7 mi
- Frio Canyon Park: 10.8 mi
- Fisher Family Campground: 16.7 mi
- Robert Bownds & Henry Burns Memorial Park: 17.9 mi
- Utopia Park: 19.1 mi
- Garner State Park: 19.8 mi
- Lone Star Motorcycle Museum: 6.8 mi
- Real County Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
- Real County Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Sabinal Canyon Museum : 19.0 mi
- Sabinal Canyon Museum: 21.4 mi
- Area C: 5.0 mi
- Schumacher Crossing Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Lost Maples State Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Kerr Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi
- Crystal Cave: 20.4 mi
- White Rock Cave: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe | NE 51° | 740 m | 5.2 mi |
| Meridian Mountain | SSW 202° | 707 m | 10.5 mi |
| Housetop Mountain | WSW 245° | 707 m | 21.9 mi |
| Graveyard Mountain | WNW 286° | 706 m | 23.4 mi |
| Caprock Mountain | SW 235° | 695 m | 22.6 mi |
| Red Hill | NNE 25° | 679 m | 16.6 mi |
| Gobblers Knob | N 355° | 676 m | 22.9 mi |
| Seep Spring Mountain | W 268° | 674 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:19 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:39 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:05 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:08 | 17:44 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 51 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 65 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prade RCH, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356730005
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