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Oven Bluff

Oven Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Oven Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Jenny Bell Hill stands 109 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Carney Bluff, a cliff 3.1 miles away. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
32 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.36183, -87.88722

38 named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 14
Peaks: 11
  • Roundtop Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Monger Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Blocker Hill: 10.1 mi
  • High Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Beard Hill: 13.1 mi
Parks: 7
  • H.W. Pearce, Jr. Memorial Park: 9.9 mi
  • Palmer Stadium: 10.9 mi
  • Alabama Bluegrass Music Park: 12.1 mi
  • Upper State Game Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
  • Lock Number One Left Bank Public Use Area: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Fort Mims: 12.9 mi
  • World War I Monument (1924): 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jenny Bell HillE 90°109 m21.0 mi
Roundtop HillNNE 15°105 m8.2 mi
High HillWSW 250°81 m12.2 mi
Dove Roost HillWSW 237°78 m14.6 mi
Big RockSW 215°63 m21.6 mi
Monger HillW 266°60 m9.8 mi
Blocker HillWSW 248°59 m10.1 mi
High Rocky HillW 272°55 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:4819:2420:00
September equinox06:4118:1818:50
December solstice06:4716:1716:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485258647279818176665650
Precip in5.75.55.54.73.96.35.45.24.43.84.45.5

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358922952

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