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Clay Bluff

Clay Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Clay Bluff is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 162 m. Sam Drew Mountain stands 461 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Reed Plantation NW Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 15 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
162 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.74617, -68.17808
Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
  • Beech Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sherwood Mountain: 9.4 mi
  • Potter Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Shorey Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Beech Hill: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Parks: 12
  • Wytopitlock Lake Boat Access: 2.7 mi
  • Bible Point State Historic Site: 13.4 mi
  • Mattawamkeag Wilderness Park and Campground: 15.9 mi
  • Medway Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 18.2 mi
  • Spruce Point: 18.3 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Point: 18.9 mi
  • Blueberry Point: 19.0 mi
  • Haley Point: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Beans Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Island Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Mud Lake Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Warren Falls: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Grindstone Falls Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.2 mi
  • Dolby Flowage: 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Individual Flower Gardens: 21.8 mi
Museums: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lunksoos Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sam Drew MountainN 8°461 m23.1 mi
Hunt MountainWNW 292°451 m24.8 mi
Whetstone MountainWNW 284°447 m24.9 mi
Oakfield HillsN 6°370 m22.0 mi
Greenland MountainESE 115°363 m23.9 mi
Crow HillNNE 18°344 m22.2 mi
Kimball HillNW 326°337 m24.9 mi
Stetson MountainSSE 147°326 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4419:4120:27
September equinox06:2017:5318:32
December solstice07:1115:0215:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131526395161666556443421
Precip in3.43.33.53.63.73.54.13.73.84.74.14.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danforth, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358213478

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