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Harris Bluff

Harris Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Harris Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 276 m. Blaylock Mountain stands 593 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter City Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 27 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
276 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.11867, -85.65692

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Baxter City Park: 2.4 mi
  • Window Cliffs State Natural Area: 4.9 mi
  • Window Cliffs State Natural Area - Burgess Falls State Park: 5.0 mi
  • Burgess Falls State Park: 6.3 mi
  • Cane Creek Park: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Burgess Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 6.2 mi
  • Little Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 9
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Depot Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 9.0 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Harris Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blaylock MountainENE 73°593 m18.2 mi
Bee RockE 88°574 m20.7 mi
Burnett MountainE 100°561 m15.1 mi
Willet MountainENE 74°560 m16.5 mi
Potato Hill MountainENE 78°557 m19.9 mi
Table Rock MountainENE 75°542 m21.7 mi
Lee KnobE 81°525 m16.9 mi
Jones MountainENE 72°524 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:55
June solstice05:2719:2620:04
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:5115:5316:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584841
Precip in5.35.55.55.45.25.55.73.94.53.34.36.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cookeville, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356851137

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