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Gin House Bluff

Gin House Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Gin House Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Silver Hill stands 86 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Breakover Sandbar, a beach 2.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 112 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
19 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.16619, -88.85570

46 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Leaf River State Wildlife Management Area: 11.5 mi
  • Richton Recreational Park: 13.2 mi
  • Turkey Fork Recreation Site: 14.9 mi
  • Cypress Creek Landing Recreation Site: 16.4 mi
  • Janice Landing Recreation Site: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
Peaks: 8
  • Gee Dee Hills: 5.0 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Deadman Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Taylor Hill: 9.4 mi
Museums: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Breakover Sandbar: 2.2 mi
  • Longfield Sandbar: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 21.8 mi
  • Wounded Combat Veterans: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver HillENE 77°86 m15.7 mi
Deadman HillSSW 198°85 m7.8 mi
Taylor HillSSW 197°83 m9.4 mi
Thompson HillS 175°71 m5.3 mi
Wolf HillS 178°61 m8.7 mi
Gee Dee HillsESE 122°49 m5.0 mi
The Wyatt HillsS 180°49 m23.9 mi
Whiskey Creek HillsS 173°42 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:07
June solstice05:5319:2820:03
September equinox06:4418:2218:54
December solstice06:5116:2116:58

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357988650

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