Six Mile Bluff
Six Mile Bluff is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 2,807 m. Tulle Mountain stands 3,157 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is South Sixmile Canyon Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Lunar Crater Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2807 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Lunar Crater Back Country Byway
82 named places within 25 miles
- South Sixmile Canyon Spring: 0.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.6 mi
- North Sixmile Canyon Spring: 1.6 mi
- Little Cow Canyon Spring: 2.2 mi
- Sidehill Spring: 2.5 mi
- Mahogany Peak: 1.1 mi
- Aspen Peak: 2.0 mi
- Morey Peak: 2.1 mi
- Hot Creek North Summit: 2.3 mi
- Monitor Peak: 2.5 mi
- Lunar Crater: 17.4 mi
- Blue Jay Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Buckwheat Rim: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Six Mile Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulle Mountain | NW 317° | 3,157 m | 17.7 mi |
| Morey Peak | SSE 159° | 3,105 m | 2.1 mi |
| Hot Creek North Summit | SSE 163° | 3,035 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mahogany Peak | NW 304° | 2,989 m | 1.1 mi |
| Aspen Peak | NNW 339° | 2,933 m | 2.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NW 322° | 2,905 m | 19.6 mi |
| Moonshine Peak | N 7° | 2,872 m | 22.6 mi |
| Monitor Peak | WSW 243° | 2,833 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:34 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:46 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowball RCH, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357552089
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