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Murray Bluff

Murray Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Murray Bluff is a cliff in Illinois, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Williams Hill stands 325 m to the east-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonefort Bluff, a cliff 1.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 210 miles off. 200 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
155 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.61255, -88.62450

200 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Lakeview-East End Veterans Park: 5.1 mi
  • Washington Street Park: 5.1 mi
  • Gary Jones Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 6.2 mi
  • Carrier Mills Park: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Potato Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Williams Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Wamble Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Bald Knob: 9.9 mi
  • Horton Hill: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 28
  • Stonefort Bluff: 1.2 mi
  • Harts Bluff: 6.2 mi
  • Sentry Bluff: 6.3 mi
  • Spleef Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Lovely Tower: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Carrier millswater department: 4.8 mi
  • Winters Auto Repair: 4.9 mi
  • Absher Nicholson Funeral Home: 4.9 mi
  • Carrier Mills Municpal Building: 5.0 mi
  • Army Supply Store: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Lakeview School: 3.7 mi
  • Lakeview Cemetery: 3.8 mi
  • Finney Markey: 4.2 mi
  • Allen Family Farmhouse: 4.4 mi
  • Lakeview War Memorial: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Burden Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Boulder Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 7.9 mi
Museums: 8
Natural arches: 7
  • Natural Bridge: 6.8 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 6.8 mi
  • Cedar Wonders Arch: 11.4 mi
  • Elephant Arch: 12.7 mi
  • Purse Strap Arch: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pine Point: 13.8 mi
  • Goose Bay: 14.1 mi
  • High Knob: 16.2 mi
  • Lakeview: 19.4 mi
  • Lookout Point Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Bell Smith Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Dixon Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Negro Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Decker Spring: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cheif Tecumseh Statue: 13.8 mi
  • Big John: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Williams HillESE 104°325 m8.4 mi
Horton HillE 85°297 m10.3 mi
Wamble MountainE 91°287 m9.3 mi
Cave HillENE 67°284 m12.3 mi
High KnobE 93°279 m16.2 mi
Potato HillESE 115°270 m8.4 mi
Garden Of the GodsE 92°262 m13.1 mi
Benham HillSE 132°252 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3419:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0715:5916:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847586776797770584738
Precip in3.83.14.95.34.34.93.53.63.13.84.03.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrisburg, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/354166489

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