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Pillar Bluff

Pillar Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Pillar Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 350 m. Messanger Mountain stands 502 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Bluff, a cliff 1.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 19 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
350 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.02462, -98.24531

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks: 59
  • Cedar Top Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Carter Mountains: 7.0 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Waters Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Flat Top Peak: 8.3 mi
Parks: 38
  • Goodrich Memorial Tennis Park: 3.4 mi
  • Lampasas Sport Complex: 3.5 mi
  • Gavin Garrett Soccer Park: 4.2 mi
  • Hancock Springs Park: 4.3 mi
  • W. M. Brook Park: 4.5 mi
Springs: 14
  • Gooch Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Adams Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Persimmon Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Boiling Springs: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 6
  • Lampasas County Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Lampasas County Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Fort Croghan Museum: 18.4 mi
  • Burnet County Historical Jail: 18.5 mi
  • Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Messanger MountainNW 319°502 m12.3 mi
Knight MountainNW 325°501 m10.6 mi
Indian HillsWSW 255°492 m20.9 mi
Long MountainSSW 214°490 m10.1 mi
Payne MountainNNW 348°490 m24.1 mi
Twin Sister PeaksNW 315°485 m10.1 mi
Lookout MountainSW 227°484 m9.0 mi
Potato HillS 187°484 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1319:45
June solstice06:3120:0520:40
September equinox07:2218:5919:31
December solstice07:2816:5917:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475158657381848478675748
Precip in2.22.23.02.54.63.51.92.32.43.02.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lampasas, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356743123

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