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Howell Bluff

Howell Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Howell Bluff is a cliff in Florida, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mud Hill stands 87 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Log State Forest, a nature reserve 2.7 miles away. SCENIC HIGHWAY 30-A passes 14 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.45714, -85.89771

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Washington Blue Spring Choctawhatchee: 4.9 mi
  • Millers Ferry Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Skipper Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Unnamed Spring 5: 9.0 mi
  • Unnamed Spring 3: 9.1 mi
Parks
  • Point Washington Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
  • Panama City Beach Conservation Park: 12.4 mi
  • South Walton Sports Complex: 12.8 mi
  • Wind Garden Park: 13.1 mi
  • Morrison Springs County Park: 13.8 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Bear Ridge: 4.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Crawford Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Hunter Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Hogan Hill: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Wild Thang Airboat Tours: 11.5 mi
  • Celebration Tower: 16.6 mi
  • Seacrest Wolf Preserve: 18.3 mi
  • Zoom Flume: 18.8 mi
  • Vortex Spring: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Eastern Green Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Alys Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Seacrest Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Panama City Beaches: 17.3 mi
  • Public Beach: 22.3 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Asbell Park: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Howell Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mud HillNE 56°87 m19.9 mi
Sexton HillENE 61°86 m22.2 mi
Weaver HillNE 54°84 m19.1 mi
Sand MountainENE 72°83 m23.2 mi
Chalk HillENE 68°82 m21.7 mi
Bunker HillN 349°76 m23.8 mi
Nancy Padgett HillNNW 346°71 m25.0 mi
Ray HillNNW 346°68 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2418:55
June solstice05:4319:1419:50
September equinox06:3318:1018:42
December solstice06:3716:1116:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535661677480828279706155
Precip in4.74.85.24.93.05.76.87.15.03.54.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NW Florida Beaches Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358697729

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