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Secession Bluff

Secession Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Secession Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Orange Hill stands 150 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Service Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 169 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
29 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.75238, -88.14862

44 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Service Park: 0.1 mi
  • Panther Stadium: 3.6 mi
  • Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge: 4.2 mi
  • Okatuppa Creek Public Use Area: 7.6 mi
  • A D Britton Stadium: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Peaks: 9
  • Hatchetigbee Hills: 5.7 mi
  • Dunagan Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Owl Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Nannie Chufa: 13.6 mi
  • Campbell Mountain: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • World War I Monument (1924): 22.0 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Orange HillE 95°150 m24.0 mi
Hill MountainNNW 341°132 m21.1 mi
Betty Gap MountainNNW 337°132 m21.4 mi
Campbell MountainNE 37°123 m13.8 mi
Dunagan HillENE 58°108 m7.9 mi
Lingo MountainNNW 340°108 m22.6 mi
Owl HillNE 43°101 m9.3 mi
Hatchetigbee HillsSSE 148°56 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:04
June solstice05:4819:2620:02
September equinox06:4218:1918:51
December solstice06:4916:1716:54

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475157647278818075655549

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatom, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358955385

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