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Grinder Bluff

Grinder Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Grinder Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Rockdale Hill stands 314 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Bluff, a cliff 1.7 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 9.5 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.44202, -87.69613

71 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Parks: 19
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 5
  • Elephant Discovery Center: 10.9 mi
  • Lewis County Museum: 11.0 mi
  • T. S. Stribling Museum: 17.1 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 22.7 mi
  • david crockett house: 24.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cave Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Mill Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Arnold Hollow Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Cave Spring: 17.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Crockett Falls: 22.8 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rockdale HillE 87°314 m24.7 mi
Tie Camp HillS 176°312 m11.5 mi
Fourmile Board HillS 185°300 m7.2 mi
Dug HillSSW 194°289 m18.3 mi
Bald KnobESE 110°286 m3.4 mi
McClanahan HillENE 64°283 m23.4 mi
Hughes HillENE 70°281 m23.2 mi
Horseshoe HillNNW 341°277 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:03
June solstice05:3719:3220:10
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5716:0316:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674777670594841
Precip in5.05.65.65.65.85.35.44.44.44.44.26.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356807027

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