Chaffin Bluff
Chaffin Bluff is a cliff in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hoke, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 13 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 16 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Hoke: 0.7 mi
- Fort Harrison: 1.4 mi
- Fort Brady: 3.0 mi
- Chesterfield Fire & EMS Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Powhatan Stone: 7.1 mi
- Osborne Park: 1.6 mi
- Fort Stevens Park: 2.2 mi
- Falling Creek Wayside Park: 2.5 mi
- Bensley Park: 2.7 mi
- Falling Creek Park: 3.3 mi
- Big Bike: 3.9 mi
- The Giant Cigarette: 4.0 mi
- Uneeda Biscuit ghost sign: 7.6 mi
- I Can't Breathe: 7.7 mi
- Fruits and Veggies: 7.9 mi
- Garber Street Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Oak Grove Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Powhatan Hill Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Stockton Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Broad Rock Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Henricus: 3.9 mi
- Triple Crossing: 7.7 mi
- RVA on Wheels: 8.0 mi
- Kanawha Plaza Fountain: 8.2 mi
- Fitzhugh Lee's Grave: 8.2 mi
- Clarke-Palmore House Museum: 5.7 mi
- Chimborazo Medical Museum: 7.2 mi
- The Richmond Railroad Museum: 7.4 mi
- Virginia Holocaust Museum: 7.6 mi
- Edgar Allan Poe Museum: 7.7 mi
- Blanco Mount: 6.4 mi
- Gambles Hill: 8.3 mi
- Malvern Hill: 8.8 mi
- Lamptie Hill: 10.2 mi
- Kimages Hill: 11.0 mi
- Chimborazo Spring: 7.0 mi
- Fonticello Lithia Spring: 7.3 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 7.7 mi
- Forest Hill Spring: 7.9 mi
- Wayside Spring: 8.4 mi
- New Market Park: 3.8 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 5.5 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 12.8 mi
- James River National Wildlife Refuge: 17.7 mi
- Kittewan: 20.4 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 7.8 mi
- Point of Rocks: 8.1 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 1.6 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 11.2 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 14.8 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Lorraine: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chaffin Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | NW 305° | 92 m | 24.1 mi |
| Shooters Hill | NW 308° | 69 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sliding Hill | N 352° | 63 m | 18.6 mi |
| Gambles Hill | NNW 342° | 44 m | 8.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 35° | 43 m | 11.8 mi |
| Malvern Hill | ESE 102° | 41 m | 8.8 mi |
| Minitree Hill | E 84° | 36 m | 20.3 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | ESE 115° | 28 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356567729
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