Council Bluff
Council Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 400 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Head Town Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 5.3 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 400 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 9.0 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Little River Falls Overlook · 13 mi
- Lynn Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Valley Head Town Park: 2.9 mi
- Henagar City Park: 5.9 mi
- Desoto State Park Lodge: 6.8 mi
- Ider Park: 8.0 mi
- Sylvania Town Park: 8.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.3 mi
- Gulf Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 11.6 mi
- Fox Mountain: 12.1 mi
- DeSoto Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lost Falls: 6.4 mi
- Indian Falls: 6.5 mi
- Azalea Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.0 mi
- High View: 12.4 mi
- Huckleberry Point: 14.8 mi
- Kash Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Dugout: 16.2 mi
- Anderson Spring: 15.0 mi
- Blue Hole: 20.4 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 23.9 mi
- Graham Springs: 24.2 mi
- Graham Springs: 24.3 mi
- Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 10.0 mi
- Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 11.0 mi
- Little River Canyon Center: 12.8 mi
- Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center: 22.0 mi
- The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center: 22.2 mi
- Battelle: 7.4 mi
- Rawlingsville: 8.6 mi
- Bootsville: 13.4 mi
- Bellefonte: 18.2 mi
- Old Rock Schoolhouses: 4.9 mi
- Dye Ditch Gang: 10.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 11.7 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 21.5 mi
- Neversink Pit: 24.6 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 14.5 mi
- Southern Scottsboro Depot: 22.0 mi
- L&N RR Stevenson Depot: 22.0 mi
- The band Alabama: 10.1 mi
- Scottsboro Boys Mural: 21.8 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Council Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Mountain | ENE 76° | 659 m | 11.4 mi |
| Round Top | NE 40° | 647 m | 23.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | NNE 28° | 591 m | 12.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | NNE 28° | 584 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | ENE 74° | 566 m | 16.3 mi |
| Little Mountain | SE 134° | 564 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Brandon | SSW 200° | 506 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bogan Peak | SSE 156° | 505 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valley Head 1 SSW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358970967
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