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Duckett Bluff

Duckett Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Duckett Bluff is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 99 m. Signal Peak stands 1,786 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
99 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.34486, -123.93032

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Grasshopper Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 4.0 mi
  • Clark Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Kerr Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Gregs Peak: 6.6 mi
Parks: 20
  • Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park: 9.7 mi
  • Honeydew Creek Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
  • Fireman's Park: 13.1 mi
  • Eel River Rio Dell Fishing Access: 13.6 mi
  • South Fork Eel Fishing Access: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Dyerville Giant: 0.4 mi
  • Founders Tree: 0.6 mi
  • Giant Trees: 0.7 mi
  • Flat Iron Tree: 3.3 mi
  • The Immortal Tree: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 6
  • Humboldt Redwoods State Park: 2.2 mi
  • Carl "A" Anderson Redwoods Natural Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Bull Creek State Wilderness: 2.5 mi
  • Bull Creek State Wilderness: 3.5 mi
  • John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 5
  • Miller Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Bonus Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Telegraph Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Alder Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Pepperwood Spring: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Dyerville River Bar: 0.8 mi
  • Black Sands Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Mattole Beach: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Giant Wooden Cross: 21.0 mi
  • Bureau of Land Management Lands: 22.1 mi
  • Mario Machi: 23.4 mi
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Pepperwood Falls: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Duckett Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Signal PeakE 92°1,786 m19.8 mi
Buck MountainENE 69°1,567 m19.2 mi
Red MountainE 83°1,462 m18.7 mi
Charles MountainE 86°1,329 m16.8 mi
King PeakSW 218°1,246 m16.5 mi
Amelia ButteNE 49°1,203 m18.9 mi
Brinkman ButteNE 45°1,188 m18.7 mi
Larabee ButtesENE 61°1,187 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5219:28
June solstice05:4720:0920:50
September equinox07:0418:3919:14
December solstice07:3616:1016:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444648515660636361544743
Precip in8.68.96.64.92.10.70.10.10.52.66.410.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grizzly Creek SP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358764991

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