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Rock Bluff

Rock Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Rock Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Blue Mound stands 395 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Illinois Bend School, a historic site 4.4 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 22 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
235 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.82455, -97.44919

166 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 44
  • The Stonewall Saloon Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Reeves' Muntjac: 21.9 mi
  • Clouded Leopard: 21.9 mi
  • Geoffroy's Cat: 21.9 mi
  • Burmese Python: 21.9 mi
Parks: 21
  • Boggess Park: 9.6 mi
  • St Jo Downtown Park: 9.9 mi
  • Boone Park: 11.9 mi
  • Weldon Robb Park: 12.4 mi
  • Joe Benton Park: 12.5 mi
Peaks: 19
  • Mount View: 6.8 mi
  • Gordon Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Snake Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Three Mounds: 11.2 mi
  • Brushy Mountain: 12.8 mi
Museums: 7
  • Artillery Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Horton Classic Car Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Love County Historical Society: 20.3 mi
  • Love County Military Museum: 20.3 mi
  • Morton Museum of Cooke County: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 5
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MoundSW 225°395 m14.7 mi
Jim Ned LookoutSW 216°394 m18.0 mi
Mount ViewSW 226°393 m6.8 mi
Gordon MountainSW 218°393 m7.3 mi
Dye MoundSW 215°388 m16.8 mi
Newby MoundSSW 207°368 m18.5 mi
Tadlock HillSSW 203°362 m16.4 mi
Sugarloaf MoundSSW 203°356 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0919:42
June solstice06:2020:0820:44
September equinox07:1918:5519:28
December solstice07:3216:4717:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424755627179838375645344

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burneyville 2SE Mesont, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356744516

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