Rainbow Bluff
Rainbow Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 627 m. Cedar Knob stands 720 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoolhouse Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Texas Pecos Trail passes 6.5 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 627 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Texas Pecos Trail
- 18.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
59 named places within 25 miles
- Edwards County: 7.5 mi
- First Baptist Church of Rocksprings: 7.6 mi
- Rocksprings Cemetery: 7.6 mi
- The Rock Spring: 7.7 mi
- Old Carson Store: 7.8 mi
- Schoolhouse Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Graveyard Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Knob: 5.8 mi
- Seep Spring Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Turnpike Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Painted Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Fern Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Schoolhouse Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Pecan Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Real County Historical Museum: 19.1 mi
- Mission San Lorenzo: 21.9 mi
- Nueces Canyon Historical Museum: 22.5 mi
- Winans Spring: 18.9 mi
- Trough Springs: 22.8 mi
- Bruce Park: 21.5 mi
- Camp Wood City Park: 22.3 mi
- Charles Lindbergh In Camp Wood, 1924: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rainbow Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Knob | NNE 15° | 720 m | 5.8 mi |
| Housetop Mountain | SSE 162° | 707 m | 18.4 mi |
| Graveyard Mountain | ESE 119° | 706 m | 3.6 mi |
| Caprock Mountain | SSE 161° | 695 m | 22.4 mi |
| Schoolhouse Mountain | E 86° | 683 m | 2.0 mi |
| Kelley Peak | S 188° | 680 m | 22.0 mi |
| Seep Spring Mountain | SSE 168° | 674 m | 9.2 mi |
| Gobbler Knob | SSE 157° | 670 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:21 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:41 | 20:10 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:07 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 17:09 | 17:46 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 75 | 67 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rocksprings, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356719345
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