Half Moon Bluff
Half Moon Bluff is a cliff in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Cornelia stands 15 m to the south, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Talbot Island State Park, a park 0.6 miles away. A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS) passes 0.5 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the A1A OCEAN ISLANDS TRAIL (OBS)
- 15.8 mi off the A1A HISTORIC BYWAY
- 26.6 mi off the WILLIAM BARTRAM TRL
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Talbot Island State Park: 0.6 mi
- Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Muncillia House: 4.8 mi
- Nassau River-St Johns River Marshes State Aquatic Preserve: 5.1 mi
- David Wayne Pack Park: 5.8 mi
- Kingsley Plantation: 2.8 mi
- Monty's Marina Deep-Sea Fishing: 6.1 mi
- Frog Hopper: 13.3 mi
- Batting Cages: 13.3 mi
- Area 51 Laser Tag: 13.3 mi
- American Beach Museum: 6.7 mi
- Amelia Island Museum of History: 13.2 mi
- Beaches Museum: 13.4 mi
- Welcome Center and Shrimp Museum: 13.4 mi
- Fort Clinch Museum: 15.6 mi
- Arts Are Alive Project: 13.4 mi
- Aligator statue: 13.7 mi
- Gorilla Statue: 13.8 mi
- Panda and Cubs: 13.8 mi
- Zuko: 13.8 mi
- Fernandina Beach Veterans Memorial Plaza: 13.3 mi
- American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps and Station: 13.4 mi
- Grove Park Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Fort Clinch: 15.7 mi
- Unfinished Officer's Quarters: 15.7 mi
- Saint Johns Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Roses Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Millers Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Reids Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Kingsley Garden: 2.8 mi
- Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Asian Bamboo Garden: 13.8 mi
- Sea Turtle Maze: 17.8 mi
- Lower Olmsted Garden: 18.5 mi
- Bone Yard Beach: 1.9 mi
- Seminole Beach: 6.5 mi
- Fernandina Beach: 14.5 mi
- Sea Camp Beach: 19.8 mi
- Mickler's Landing: 22.4 mi
- Betz-Tiger Point Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Cradle Creek Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Fort Clinch State Park: 14.4 mi
- Seaton Creek Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Pablo Creek Perserve: 17.0 mi
- Mount Cornelia: 3.3 mi
- Round Top: 6.9 mi
- Indian Mound: 7.8 mi
- McClure Hill: 14.1 mi
- Official Florida Welcome Center: 21.0 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center: 23.0 mi
- Pottsburg Spring: 15.5 mi
- Cornerstone Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Yukon: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Half Moon Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cornelia | S 175° | 15 m | 3.3 mi |
| McClure Hill | N 355° | 10 m | 14.1 mi |
| Round Top | SW 232° | 8 m | 6.9 mi |
| Indian Mound | S 177° | 3 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 19:57 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:53 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 75 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 65 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mayport Pilot STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358697020
Day trips start here
- Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve · 2 mi
- Mayport · 6 mi
- Neptune Beach · 12 mi
- Jacksonville Beach · 13 mi
- Jacksonville · 17 mi
- Ponte Vedra Beach · 17 mi
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