Grinder Bluff
Grinder Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Flagpole Hill stands 305 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is C.A. Thompson Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 11 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
132 named places within 25 miles
- Robinson Hill: 2.4 mi
- Grimmett Hill: 4.2 mi
- McCollum Hill: 4.5 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 7.7 mi
- Campbell Hill: 8.9 mi
- C.A. Thompson Park: 0.4 mi
- Centerville River Park: 0.8 mi
- Doyle and Fay Bowen Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Swan Creek Ranch: 3.3 mi
- Patten Park: 12.3 mi
- Bluff Point: 7.7 mi
- Delk Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Baker Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Blue Hole Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Elephant Discovery Center: 16.6 mi
- Lewis County Museum: 16.7 mi
- Rattle and Snap Plantation: 23.6 mi
- Rattle and Snap: 23.6 mi
- Happy Hollow Wildlfe Management Area: 11.9 mi
- Lewis State Forest: 19.8 mi
- Lee & Gould Furnace: 12.0 mi
- Lee & Gould Furnace: 12.0 mi
- Steam Engine: 20.7 mi
- Nolan Spring: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grinder Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagpole Hill | ENE 70° | 305 m | 21.1 mi |
| Gravel Hill | E 95° | 304 m | 24.0 mi |
| Kincade Hill | SE 132° | 293 m | 11.9 mi |
| Beckett Hill | ENE 76° | 293 m | 21.7 mi |
| High Ground | ENE 72° | 292 m | 20.1 mi |
| McClanahan Hill | SSE 147° | 283 m | 15.9 mi |
| Church House Hill | SE 146° | 283 m | 22.2 mi |
| Elam Hill | E 91° | 282 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerville Water PL, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356807032
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