Drakies Bluff
Drakies Bluff is a cliff in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Honey Hill stands 12 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Wentworth Ball Fields, a park 2.3 miles away. SC-46 Scenic Highway passes 8.8 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the SC-46 Scenic Highway
- 9.3 mi off the Historic Effingham-Ebenezer Scenic Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Hilton Head Scenic Highway
- 13.9 mi off the US-278 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Barrell Landing · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Port Wentworth Ball Fields: 2.3 mi
- Della M. Steele Community Service Park: 3.1 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 3.1 mi
- Rice Mill Park: 3.2 mi
- Rice Creek Park and Playground: 4.3 mi
- Montieth Plantation: 5.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 7.4 mi
- A World Apart / Cracked Earth: 7.6 mi
- Flame of Freedom: 7.7 mi
- African-American Monument: 7.7 mi
- The Houston Museum: 3.7 mi
- National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force: 6.4 mi
- Gretsch Museum: 7.4 mi
- Ships of the Sea Mairitme Museum: 7.5 mi
- American Prohibition Museum: 7.6 mi
- Great Dane: 6.9 mi
- SCAD Sign: 7.4 mi
- SCAD Sign: 7.5 mi
- SCAD Sign: 7.5 mi
- SCAD Beach: 7.7 mi
- F-4C Phantom: 6.3 mi
- Big Chairs: 7.5 mi
- Oglethorpe Trolley: 7.5 mi
- Oglethorpe Trolley Tours Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
- River Street Riverboat Company: 7.7 mi
- Dry Pine Hill: 14.1 mi
- Sassafras Hill: 14.1 mi
- Laurel Knoll: 14.7 mi
- Buzzard Knoll: 14.8 mi
- Mill Hill: 14.9 mi
- Plant Demonstration: 4.7 mi
- Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
- SCAD Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Fragrant Garden: 8.4 mi
- Victory Heights Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Causton Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Horse Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Bear Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Kirk Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Okatee Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Butter Bean Beach: 16.8 mi
- Savannah River Beach: 20.4 mi
- North Beach: 21.1 mi
- Back River Beach: 22.0 mi
- Mid Beach: 22.0 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 2.9 mi
- I-16 Eastbound Weigh Station: 16.8 mi
- I-16 Westbound Weigh Station: 16.9 mi
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center Picnic Pavilion: 11.8 mi
- Sgt. Jasper County Park: 12.0 mi
- Wymberly Yacht Club: 15.1 mi
- Tybee Island Lighthouse: 21.1 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 21.1 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 21.2 mi
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge: 3.5 mi
- Tybee National Wildlife Refuge: 16.9 mi
- Purrysburg: 8.5 mi
- Ebenezer: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drakies Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey Hill | NNE 32° | 12 m | 24.7 mi |
| Dry Pine Hill | N 4° | 9 m | 14.1 mi |
| Stevens Hill | N 2° | 8 m | 15.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 359° | 8 m | 20.8 mi |
| Long Hill | N 0° | 7 m | 16.0 mi |
| Beech Hill | N 358° | 7 m | 20.6 mi |
| Barnwell Hill | NE 44° | 5 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sassafras Hill | NNE 33° | 4 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 19:59 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:51 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:47 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358684489
Day trips start here
- Port Wentworth · 2 mi
- Savannah · 8 mi
- Bluffton · 18 mi
- Skidaway Island · 19 mi
- Tybee Island · 22 mi
- Hilton Head Island · 24 mi
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