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Grays Bluff

Grays Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Grays Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Buck Knob stands 693 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrison Bluff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
235 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.14896, -85.16940

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Hamilton Memorial Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • Veteran's Park Fighterjet: 8.2 mi
  • Veteran's Park Tank: 8.2 mi
  • Veteran's Park Helicopter: 8.2 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Orchard Knob Reservation: 9.6 mi
  • Central of Georgia 349: 9.9 mi
  • Freedom Church: 11.8 mi
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 12.1 mi
  • The Suck: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 30
Waterfalls: 27
  • Clear Branch Falls 40: 6.9 mi
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 7.0 mi
  • Power Line Falls 140: 7.0 mi
  • Hogskin Branch: 7.7 mi
  • Stripmine Falls: 8.2 mi
Museums: 20
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 10
  • rain garden: 8.0 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 9.5 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 10.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 10.9 mi
  • Straight Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Obar Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area #2: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Grays Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobNNW 339°693 m19.4 mi
Buck KnobNNW 339°625 m15.6 mi
Suck Creek MountainW 279°624.84 m15.0 mi
Round KnobW 272°601 m11.2 mi
Buck KnobWNW 296°595 m9.9 mi
Elder MountainWSW 257°569 m13.1 mi
Raccoon MountainWSW 241°563 m14.4 mi
The HellicanNW 306°562 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:53
June solstice06:2720:2120:59
September equinox07:2919:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627077818074635144
Precip in5.05.05.34.93.94.25.13.74.23.64.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356851377

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