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Pulliam Bluff

Pulliam Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Pulliam Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 2,002 m. Emory Peak stands 2,385 m to the south-southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulliam Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2002 m

How to reach it

Coordinates29.30159, -103.28879

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pulliam Peak: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Huffman: 1.5 mi
  • Vernon Bailey Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Casa Grande Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Rough Mountain: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • An old waterpump: 5.1 mi
  • Dominguez Spring Ruins: 11.9 mi
  • Dominguez Spring Ruins: 11.9 mi
  • Cotton Gin Machinery Exhibit: 17.9 mi
  • Ruins: 18.3 mi
Springs: 13
  • Window Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Oak Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Boot Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Ward Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Balanced Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Big Bend NP: 11.5 mi
  • Fossil Bone Exhibit: 12.2 mi
  • Starlingua Ranch: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • The Window Pour Off: 2.9 mi
  • Cattrail Falls: 3.4 mi
Parks: 1
  • Big Bend National Park: 4.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Pulliam Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Emory PeakSSW 194°2,385 m4.0 mi
Townsend PointS 182°2,304 m4.4 mi
Lost Mine PeakSE 134°2,262 m2.6 mi
Toll MountainS 182°2,255 m3.2 mi
Casa Grande PeakS 179°2,165 m2.3 mi
Crown MountainSSE 148°2,132 m3.3 mi
Ward MountainSW 222°2,100 m4.2 mi
Pulliam PeakSSW 211°2,077 m0.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:3420:05
June solstice06:5520:2220:56
September equinox07:4219:2019:51
December solstice07:4417:2418:00

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257647276757470645549
Precip in0.60.60.50.61.62.73.63.12.71.30.60.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chisos Basin, 2 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Big Bend National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Aug and Jul; busiest: Mar.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356719317

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