Deer Head Bluff
Deer Head Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 349 m. Thacker Mountain stands 425 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Texas Forts Trail passes 2.4 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 349 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
97 named places within 25 miles
- Indian Raid on Elm Creek, CSA: 3.4 mi
- Common Grave: 3.7 mi
- Proffitt Cemetery: 3.8 mi
- Joseph Alfred Woolfolk: 3.9 mi
- Two Miles Southwest to Fort Belknap: 5.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Skid Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Beehive Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Dobbs Hill: 13.9 mi
- Newcastle City Park: 4.7 mi
- Fort Belknap State Park: 6.2 mi
- Griffin Park: 10.6 mi
- Tommy Perkins Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Lake Eddleman Park: 13.6 mi
- Belknap: 6.5 mi
- Eliasville: 18.0 mi
- Anarene: 20.5 mi
- Jermyn: 24.9 mi
- Bobcat Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Bass Tank: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deer Head Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thacker Mountain | W 260° | 425 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | SE 129° | 420 m | 10.5 mi |
| Beehive Mountain | SE 132° | 419 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hay Rick Mountain | WSW 244° | 417 m | 17.5 mi |
| Flag Mountain | ESE 123° | 417 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Air | SW 233° | 412 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cement Mountain | ESE 109° | 410 m | 21.9 mi |
| Tackett Mountain | S 172° | 406 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:15 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:12 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olney, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356732993
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