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Gants Bluff

Gants Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Gants Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Dwight Hill stands 99 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bud Bluff, a cliff 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 127 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.22046, -88.53113

32 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 8
  • Kurtz State Forest: 5.7 mi
  • Turkey Fork Recreation Site: 13.0 mi
  • Depot Creek Greenway: 20.5 mi
  • Lucedale City Park: 20.5 mi
  • Kate Havard Park: 20.7 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Silver Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Big Sand Hill: 15.1 mi
  • Gee Dee Hills: 16.3 mi
  • Dwight Hill: 16.6 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 20.8 mi
Museums: 2
  • Greene County Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Beaumont Library & Museum: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Breakover Sandbar: 21.2 mi
  • Longfield Sandbar: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dwight HillESE 105°99 m16.6 mi
Big Sand HillE 96°96 m15.1 mi
Silver HillW 267°86 m3.9 mi
Deadman HillWSW 243°85 m24.3 mi
Thompson HillWSW 244°71 m20.8 mi
Wolf HillWSW 237°61 m22.6 mi
Gee Dee HillsWSW 247°49 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:06
June solstice05:5119:2620:02
September equinox06:4318:2018:52
December solstice06:5016:2016:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495259667480828278675751
Precip in6.15.16.05.45.25.76.05.74.14.24.26.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaumont Expstation, 23 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357931320

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