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Samples Bluff

Samples Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Samples Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. Armstrong Hill stands 106 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Bluff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 194 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
31 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.84763, -87.81973

101 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
  • Finches Ferry Public Use Area: 0.9 mi
  • Jennings Ferry Public Use Area: 2.9 mi
  • Jennings Ferry Public Use Area: 2.9 mi
  • Lock 8 Park: 3.9 mi
  • Greene County Courthouse Square Historic District: 4.0 mi
Cliffs: 26
Peaks: 13
  • Hays Mount: 10.8 mi
  • Burton Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Solomon Hill: 12.0 mi
  • McAlpin Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Fannin Hill: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
  • Magnolia Grove: 15.8 mi
  • Safe House Black History Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Marengo County History & Archives Museum: 22.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Greene County Rest Area - I 59 Southbound: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Shark Tooth Creek: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Armstrong HillSSW 205°106 m24.5 mi
Hays MountWSW 237°88 m10.8 mi
Burton HillSW 218°84 m12.0 mi
Hagan HillSW 219°79 m13.9 mi
Bullocks HillSSW 202°77 m13.5 mi
Trimble HillSW 230°77 m13.6 mi
McAlpin HillSSW 194°71 m12.8 mi
Fannin HillS 190°71 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:4419:2720:03
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5116:1216:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057637178818175655549
Precip in5.05.55.64.73.95.84.14.03.83.34.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensboro 2 WNW, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358953445

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