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Circle Bluff

Circle Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Circle Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 630 m. Guadalupe stands 740 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Swimming Hole, a spring 0.3 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
630 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.86300, -99.66839

Overlooks nearby

110 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
  • Guadalupe: 6.2 mi
  • Meridian Mountain: 9.8 mi
  • Taylor Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • Chalk Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Panther Hill: 14.5 mi
Springs: 9
  • Swimming Hole: 0.3 mi
  • Duncan Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Green Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Joy Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Cherry Spring: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 7
Parks: 7
  • Frio Canyon Park: 9.9 mi
  • Fisher Family Campground: 16.8 mi
  • Robert Bownds & Henry Burns Memorial Park: 18.0 mi
  • Utopia Park: 19.1 mi
  • Garner State Park: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Area C: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Charles Lindbergh In Camp Wood, 1924: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GuadalupeNE 53°740 m6.2 mi
Meridian MountainSSW 199°707 m9.8 mi
Housetop MountainWSW 245°707 m20.9 mi
Graveyard MountainWNW 288°706 m22.7 mi
Caprock MountainSW 235°695 m21.6 mi
Schoolhouse MountainWNW 291°683 m24.4 mi
Red HillNNE 27°679 m17.4 mi
Gobblers KnobN 357°676 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1919:51
June solstice06:3920:0820:43
September equinox07:2819:0519:37
December solstice07:3117:0817:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465157647278808074655547
Precip in1.21.42.22.14.03.11.92.44.13.32.11.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prade RCH, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356731651

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