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Cowards Bluff

Cowards Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Cowards Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sikes Bluff, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 8.9 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.58908, -88.43946

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Miracle League of West Mobile / Schmidt Family Park: 9.4 mi
  • Tanner Williams Community Park: 10.7 mi
  • Jackson County Ski Area: 13.3 mi
  • Ocean Spring Veterans Memorial Park: 13.4 mi
  • Moss Point Recreation Center: 13.4 mi
Museums: 15
  • Archaeology Museum: 17.0 mi
  • Mobile Museum of Art: 18.7 mi
  • Mobile Medical Museum: 22.7 mi
  • Hank Aaron Childhood Home & Museum: 22.9 mi
  • Oakleigh House Museum: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Ocean Springs Veterans' Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • U.S. Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Plane: 14.0 mi
  • Mitchell Park Veterans Memorial: 17.9 mi
  • William Faulkner's summer house: 18.3 mi
  • Jet Fighter - Trainer: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
Artworks: 10
  • Captain Calhoun's Anchor: 17.0 mi
  • Statue: 17.1 mi
  • SouthPaw: 17.1 mi
  • John LeFlore & Joseph Langan: 23.8 mi
  • Father Ryan Statue: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 9.8 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 10.0 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 10.3 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 10.4 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Mississippi Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 14.9 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Easen Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Ladnier Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Carrol Hill: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.7 mi
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carrol HillWNW 283°47 m16.4 mi
Ladnier HillWNW 283°42 m16.3 mi
Easen HillWNW 292°26 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3419:06
June solstice05:5319:2520:00
September equinox06:4318:2018:52
December solstice06:4816:2116:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525661677480828279695954
Precip in5.04.04.74.45.06.96.67.94.83.73.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pascagoula Lott Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357975385

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