Point Bluff
Point Bluff is a cliff in Wisconsin, at a recorded elevation of 284 m. Blue Mounds stands 524 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Plain Municipal Park, a park 4.3 miles away. Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Lower Wisconsin River Road Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Plain Municipal Park: 4.3 mi
- Spring Green Preserve State Natural Area: 5.3 mi
- Honey Creek Rod And Gun Club Park And Lake: 5.9 mi
- Arena Community Park: 6.5 mi
- Spring Green Municipal Park: 7.0 mi
- Arena Pines & Sand Barrens State Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Arena High School Woods: 6.3 mi
- Natural Bridge State Park: 6.8 mi
- Tower Hill State Park: 7.9 mi
- Lodde's Mill Bluff State Natural Area: 8.1 mi
- Twin Bluffs: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Hill: 5.8 mi
- Tower Rock: 5.9 mi
- Loddes Mill Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Tower Hill: 8.0 mi
- Frank Lloyd Wright: 6.6 mi
- Barn Foundation: 8.1 mi
- Village Of Dover: 8.8 mi
- The Baraboo Range: 11.9 mi
- Wisconsin Heights Battle Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Hyde Mill: 12.2 mi
- Hyde Mill: 12.2 mi
- House on The Rock: 13.4 mi
- Copper Range #29: 15.3 mi
- Ferry Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Dinosaur Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Pinnacle Bluff: 12.4 mi
- South Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Table Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Tripp Heritage Museum: 12.7 mi
- Museum of Badger Army Ammunition: 13.0 mi
- Black Earth Children's Museum: 13.4 mi
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum: 15.4 mi
- Nature Center: 17.1 mi
- Mazo Beach: 7.8 mi
- Riverview Adventure Company Shoreline: 12.5 mi
- Twin Valley Beach: 16.3 mi
- South Shore Beach: 16.4 mi
- North Shore Beach: 17.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 17.2 mi
- Knot Garden: 17.2 mi
- Forward Garden: 23.4 mi
- Native American Garden: 23.4 mi
- Theme Garden: 23.4 mi
- Koshawago Spring: 15.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 16.4 mi
- Spring House: 17.4 mi
- Spring House: 21.2 mi
- Riley Spring: 23.4 mi
- Forevertron: 12.6 mi
- Time Keeper: 13.9 mi
- Earth, Sky, Water: 14.4 mi
- CCC Worker: 17.0 mi
- Skillet Falls: 16.7 mi
- Stephens Falls: 17.4 mi
- Corwin: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | SSE 159° | 524 m | 16.3 mi |
| Happy Hill | NNE 28° | 451 m | 11.2 mi |
| Sauk Point | NE 51° | 449 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sauk Hill | NE 45° | 445 m | 14.8 mi |
| Maple Hill | NNE 16° | 424 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 200° | 371 m | 17.4 mi |
| Dunbar Hill | SW 229° | 366 m | 16.0 mi |
| Indian Castle | SSE 164° | 354 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:41 | 16:28 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 36 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazomanie Wwtp, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/353890048
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