Browns Bluff
Browns Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Armstrong Hill stands 106 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Samples Bluff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 194 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
How to reach it
- 194.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
103 named places within 25 miles
- Finches Ferry Public Use Area: 1.1 mi
- Jennings Ferry Public Use Area: 3.2 mi
- Jennings Ferry Public Use Area: 3.2 mi
- Lock 8 Park: 3.7 mi
- Greene County Courthouse Square Historic District: 4.0 mi
- Samples Bluff: 0.3 mi
- Stave Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Logan Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Meltons Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Hays Mount: 10.9 mi
- Solomon Hill: 12.0 mi
- Burton Hill: 12.2 mi
- McAlpin Hill: 13.1 mi
- Fannin Hill: 13.5 mi
- Erie: 9.4 mi
- Arcola: 19.9 mi
- Aigleville: 23.2 mi
- Magnolia Grove: 16.0 mi
- Safe House Black History Museum: 16.2 mi
- Marengo County History & Archives Museum: 23.2 mi
- Civil Rights Marker: 3.7 mi
- Firefighter: 23.6 mi
- Tanglewood - University of Alabama's J. Nicholene Bishop Biological Station: 8.6 mi
- M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area: 17.0 mi
- Greene County Rest Area - I 59 Southbound: 7.0 mi
- Shark Tooth Creek: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Browns Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Hill | SSW 205° | 106 m | 24.7 mi |
| Hays Mount | SW 235° | 88 m | 10.9 mi |
| Burton Hill | SW 217° | 84 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hagan Hill | SW 218° | 79 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bullocks Hill | SSW 202° | 77 m | 13.8 mi |
| Trimble Hill | SW 230° | 77 m | 13.8 mi |
| McAlpin Hill | SSW 194° | 71 m | 13.1 mi |
| Fannin Hill | S 189° | 71 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:27 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:12 | 16:50 |
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 | 50 | 57 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensboro 2 WNW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358953336
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