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Sikes Bluff

Sikes Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Sikes Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Carrol Hill stands 47 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowards Bluff, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 8.4 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.57686, -88.44251

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Miracle League of West Mobile / Schmidt Family Park: 10.0 mi
  • Tanner Williams Community Park: 11.6 mi
  • Jackson County Ski Area: 12.4 mi
  • Ocean Spring Veterans Memorial Park: 12.5 mi
  • Moss Point Recreation Center: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 10
  • Archaeology Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Mobile Museum of Art: 19.3 mi
  • Mobile Medical Museum: 23.1 mi
  • Hank Aaron Childhood Home & Museum: 23.4 mi
  • Oakleigh House Museum: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Ocean Springs Veterans' Memorial: 12.6 mi
  • U.S. Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Plane: 14.6 mi
  • Mitchell Park Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
  • William Faulkner's summer house: 17.4 mi
  • Jet Fighter - Trainer: 19.1 mi
Nature reserves: 8
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 9.0 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 9.2 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 9.5 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 9.6 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Captain Calhoun's Anchor: 16.1 mi
  • Statue: 16.2 mi
  • SouthPaw: 17.6 mi
  • John LeFlore & Joseph Langan: 24.3 mi
  • Father Ryan Statue: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 19.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 19.2 mi
  • Bayfront Park: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Mississippi Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 14.2 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 14.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Easen Hill: 15.0 mi
  • Ladnier Hill: 16.3 mi
  • Carrol Hill: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carrol HillWNW 286°47 m16.5 mi
Ladnier HillWNW 286°42 m16.3 mi
Easen HillWNW 295°26 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3419:06
June solstice05:5319:2520:00
September equinox06:4318:2018:52
December solstice06:4816:2116:58

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525661677480828279695954
Precip in5.04.04.74.45.06.96.67.94.83.73.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pascagoula Lott Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357928984

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