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Piney Bluff

Piney Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Bluff is a cliff in Kentucky, at a recorded elevation of 170 m. Wilson Hill stands 254 m to the west-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mills Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
170 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.36060, -87.91835

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mills Knob: 0.9 mi
  • Bottom Knob: 0.9 mi
  • Stopping Rocks: 1.1 mi
  • Gibralter: 1.4 mi
  • Graveyard Knob: 1.5 mi
Parks: 35
  • Marion Crittenden County Park: 8.1 mi
  • Westerfield Park: 8.9 mi
  • Riverview Park: 12.0 mi
  • "Sis" Baker Park: 12.9 mi
  • Paul F. Riley WOW Park: 13.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Battery Rock Alcove Waterfall: 14.6 mi
  • Panther Cascade: 17.0 mi
  • Colorful Bluffs Waterfall: 17.0 mi
  • Panther Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Ripple Canyon Falls: 24.5 mi
Museums: 4
  • Ben E Clement Mineral Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Adsmore Museum: 17.4 mi
  • Dawson Springs Museum & Art: 18.3 mi
  • Fluorspar Museum: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Cave in Rock: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic/Park: 17.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Decker Spring: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Piney Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson HillWSW 250°254 m9.5 mi
Pilot KnobSW 233°214 m6.5 mi
Pickens HillW 268°212 m4.0 mi
Crider HillNW 310°212 m5.8 mi
Felker HillSSW 206°212 m7.3 mi
Moore HillSSW 209°211 m9.8 mi
Bob Lee Phillips HillNNW 328°208 m6.1 mi
Coolers KnobSSE 162°207 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2919:04
June solstice05:3219:3720:16
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice07:0315:5716:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343847576776797871594738
Precip in2.73.84.75.15.04.64.82.63.33.53.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Providence, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358603096

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