Moran Bluff
Moran Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 375 m. Happy Hill stands 451 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fritz Bluff, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 375 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Travis Fitzgerald Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Memory Park: 3.8 mi
- Bass Hollow County Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Bass Hollow State Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Dell Creek State Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
- Witches Gulch: 7.6 mi
- Witches Gulch: 7.8 mi
- Vertical Illusions: 8.6 mi
- Pontiac Fiero Ranch: 8.7 mi
- #FYP Totally 80's: 8.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 0.5 mi
- Grubb Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pine Knob: 2.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 4.9 mi
- Fox Point: 5.8 mi
- Wonewoc-Center School Forest: 4.9 mi
- Blackhawk Island State Natural Area: 7.8 mi
- Dells Of The Wisconsin River: 7.9 mi
- Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest State Natural Area: 8.2 mi
- Hartje Center: 8.3 mi
- Fritz Bluff: 0.4 mi
- Fairy Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Rogge Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Sheep Pasture Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Round Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Hop Raising: 3.7 mi
- Wisconsin Dells: 8.7 mi
- Wisconsin Dells Firefighters Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Dawn Manor: Site of the Lost City of Newport: 9.9 mi
- Van Hise Rock: 12.8 mi
- Riverside & Great Northern Railway: 8.1 mi
- H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center: 9.2 mi
- Museum of Historic Torture Devices: 9.2 mi
- Museum of Root Beer: 9.4 mi
- Dells Country Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- Golspar Dragon: 8.8 mi
- Elroy Tunnel Mural: 16.9 mi
- CCC Worker: 21.6 mi
- Forevertron: 23.1 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 23.3 mi
- Dell Prairie: 11.6 mi
- Moe Settlement: 13.4 mi
- Quincy: 14.1 mi
- Adams Center: 18.4 mi
- Cheyenne Valley: 20.2 mi
- Boating Beach: 15.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 16.0 mi
- North Shore Beach: 20.1 mi
- South Shore Beach: 21.2 mi
- Friendship Beach: 22.0 mi
- Mauston Rest Area 10: 5.4 mi
- Lyndon Station Rest Area 9: 6.0 mi
- Rock Springs: 13.2 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 20.6 mi
- Secret Garden: 16.7 mi
- Knot Garden: 16.7 mi
- Dans Boat Launch: 13.3 mi
- Skillet Falls: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moran Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Hill | SSE 168° | 451 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sauk Point | SE 139° | 449 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sauk Hill | SSE 153° | 445 m | 20.9 mi |
| Maple Hill | S 174° | 424 m | 19.1 mi |
| Johnson Hill | WNW 302° | 411 m | 16.6 mi |
| Daylight Hill | WNW 286° | 396 m | 13.2 mi |
| Cascade Mountain | ESE 120° | 388 m | 24.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | W 271° | 384 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:34 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:02 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:39 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mauston 1 SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353888717
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