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Mackey Bluff

Mackey Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Mackey Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Tie Camp Hill stands 312 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Joseph City Park, a park 3.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 13 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
205 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.04119, -87.56058

104 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
Peaks: 11
Museums: 11
  • Children's Museum of the Shoals: 14.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Sacred Way Sanctuary Interpretive Center and Museum: 16.3 mi
  • Pope's Tavern Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area: 17.6 mi
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 3
  • Cave Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Cave Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Arnold Hollow Spring: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Wilson Dam Lookout: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • George H. Carroll Lion Habitat: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Crockett Falls: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tie Camp HillNNW 337°312 m17.6 mi
Oak HillNE 50°306 m24.2 mi
Powder Mill HillENE 57°304 m22.8 mi
Fourmile Board HillNNW 338°300 m22.1 mi
Dug HillNW 309°289 m15.6 mi
Minor HillE 88°275 m22.8 mi
Blair HillWNW 296°243 m16.0 mi
Baptist HillWNW 298°238 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:3719:3120:08
September equinox06:3918:1518:49
December solstice06:5516:0416:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414553616977797973625144
Precip in6.05.55.55.35.54.63.94.04.53.64.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356818177

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