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Shell Bluff

Shell Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Shell Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Silver Hill stands 86 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Roberts Bluff, a cliff 1.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 111 miles off. 40 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.01546, -88.68864

40 named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 15
Parks: 12
Peaks: 9
  • Gee Dee Hills: 9.6 mi
  • Wolf Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Whiskey Creek Hills: 9.9 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Deadman Hill: 12.7 mi
Museums: 2
  • Greene County Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Beaumont Library & Museum: 17.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Breakover Sandbar: 16.5 mi
  • Longfield Sandbar: 16.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver HillNNE 21°86 m15.0 mi
Deadman HillWNW 284°85 m12.7 mi
Taylor HillW 277°83 m12.7 mi
Thompson HillWNW 298°71 m10.7 mi
Wolf HillW 280°61 m9.8 mi
Gee Dee HillsNW 324°49 m9.6 mi
The Wyatt HillsSW 217°49 m16.8 mi
Whiskey Creek HillsSW 232°42 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3519:07
June solstice05:5219:2720:02
September equinox06:4418:2118:53
December solstice06:5016:2116:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495259667480828278675751
Precip in6.15.16.05.45.25.76.05.74.14.24.26.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357947350

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