Cook Bluff
Cook Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 167 m. Kinlock Knob stands 317 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Underwood Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 19 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 167 m
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 226.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Freedom Hills Overlook · 19 mi
- Trail of Tears Water Route Overlook on the Natchez Trace, Milepost 328.7 · 20 mi
- Colbert Ferry · 21 mi
- Waterfall · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Underwood Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Poorhouse Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Fox Squirrel Point: 4.5 mi
- Wheeler Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Richardson Point: 4.9 mi
- City Lake Park: 4.9 mi
- Russellville Recreation Center: 5.3 mi
- Hal Kirby Junior Park: 5.6 mi
- Eastside Park: 5.9 mi
- Chuckie Mullins Recreation: 6.5 mi
- Franklin County Archives: 5.9 mi
- Alabama Music Hall of Fame: 8.4 mi
- Tennessee Valley Museum of Art: 10.1 mi
- Indian Mound Museum: 14.1 mi
- W.C. Handy Home and Museum: 14.3 mi
- Steam Engine Mural: 13.5 mi
- W. C. Handy: 14.8 mi
- Dr George Huckaba Sundial: 15.1 mi
- Dr. George William Huckaba Sundial: 15.1 mi
- George H. Carroll: 15.1 mi
- Pride Bluff: 11.5 mi
- York Bluffs: 13.1 mi
- Roses Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Jacobs Ladder Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Goat Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Old Railroad Bed: 13.4 mi
- Old Railroad Bridge: 13.5 mi
- The Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum House: 14.1 mi
- Old Cypress Mill: 15.0 mi
- Lillian C. Deibert: 17.6 mi
- Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 11.6 mi
- Thomas State Wildlife Refuge: 13.7 mi
- Shoal Creek Nature Preserve Tract: 23.2 mi
- George H. Carroll Lion Habitat: 15.1 mi
- Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed): 22.3 mi
- Factory Falls: 21.6 mi
- Mill Falls: 22.7 mi
- Wilson Dam Lookout: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Cook Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinlock Knob | SE 146° | 317 m | 21.1 mi |
| Horsemill Mountain | SSE 152° | 308 m | 10.4 mi |
| Suggs Mountain | SSE 164° | 297 m | 9.8 mi |
| Buzzard Roost Mountain | ESE 117° | 288 m | 23.3 mi |
| Summer House Mountain | NW 311° | 287 m | 13.5 mi |
| Hickory Flat Mountain | ESE 115° | 286 m | 23.6 mi |
| Macedonia Mountain | SE 127° | 281 m | 13.2 mi |
| Ikes Knob | S 176° | 278 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Russellville #2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358909291
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