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Church Bluff

Church Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Church Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 179 m. Pilot Knob stands 300 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Turnpike Bluff, a cliff 2.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 77 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
179 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.57254, -91.60961

77 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • River Park: 7.1 mi
  • Stires Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
  • Roadside Park: 11.9 mi
  • Hermann City Park: 12.6 mi
  • Deutschheim State Historic Site: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Peaks: 13
  • Cave Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Pilot Knobs: 7.7 mi
  • Hood Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Smith Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Boland Knob: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Nature reserves: 10
  • Fredericksburg Ferry Access: 2.4 mi
  • Grand Bluffs Conservation Area: 9.5 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge St. Aubert Island Unit.: 13.5 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge St. Auberts Island Unit: 15.5 mi
  • Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Berger Bend Unit: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Hydrofoil Pier: 7.5 mi
  • Hermann Caboose: 13.3 mi
  • Cote Sans Dessin: 20.7 mi
  • Play Day Farm: 24.5 mi
Museums: 3
  • USS Aries: 7.5 mi
  • Historic Hermann Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Hermann River Memorial: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hermann: Germania's Liberator: 13.1 mi
  • Ace of Spades Garden Art: 13.2 mi
  • Missouri Valley Ice Cream Mural: 13.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Big Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Meyers Spring: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Church Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobSSW 211°300 m19.4 mi
Cave HillSSE 159°280 m6.5 mi
Kaiser HillE 83°280 m17.2 mi
Negro HillNE 35°278 m15.8 mi
Boland KnobNNE 26°273 m12.8 mi
Bald HillESE 111°248 m18.8 mi
Cedar HillS 169°247 m13.3 mi
Pilot KnobsSSE 148°246 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4319:5520:35
September equinox06:5518:3019:05
December solstice07:2116:0816:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303544556473777668564535
Precip in2.42.03.44.45.24.74.54.34.03.53.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Freedom, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358027041

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