Southwest Bluff
Southwest Bluff is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Lead Mountain stands 439 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Northeast Bluff, a cliff 1.3 miles away. BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the BLACKWOODS SCENIC BYWAY
- 14.4 mi off the BOLD COAST SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 22.3 mi off the SCHOODIC NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 29.3 mi off the ACADIA SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Frenchman Bay Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Knox Hill: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Beech Hill: 4.0 mi
- Northeast Hill: 4.3 mi
- Pleasant Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Bog Brook Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Pleasant River Lake: 3.6 mi
- Chalk Pond Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Mopang Stream: 6.2 mi
- Great Heath Public Reserved Land: 7.7 mi
- Mopang Lake Boating Access: 6.5 mi
- Upper Lead Mountain Pond Access: 7.4 mi
- Spectacle Pond Boating Access: 11.4 mi
- Donnell Pond Public Reserved Land (Tunk Lake Area): 13.5 mi
- Cable Pool Park: 13.8 mi
- Molasses Pond Beach: 14.8 mi
- Black Beach: 16.6 mi
- Schoodic Beach: 17.4 mi
- Jordan Beach: 19.6 mi
- Flanders Pond Beach: 19.9 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Sevenmile Brook Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Bowers Pitch: 12.9 mi
- Roberts Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Carter Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Long Falls: 10.1 mi
- Upper Holmes Falls: 14.8 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 20.1 mi
- Ruggles House Museum: 16.3 mi
- Hancock Historical Society: 23.4 mi
- World's Largest Lobster Trap: 17.3 mi
- Balsam Valley Ampitheater: 18.6 mi
- Crawford Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Long Cove: 22.5 mi
- Paul Dudley Sargent: 22.6 mi
- Riceville: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Southwest Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mountain | WNW 303° | 439 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | NNW 343° | 414 m | 6.0 mi |
| Tunk Mountain | SSW 206° | 325 m | 12.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NW 309° | 321 m | 3.3 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NW 313° | 284 m | 12.4 mi |
| Catherine Mountain | SSW 202° | 284 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pinnacle | WNW 302° | 281 m | 11.2 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | NNE 32° | 242 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 19:37 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:20 | 17:53 | 18:31 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:06 | 15:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wesley, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358224313
Day trips start here
- Ellsworth · 29 mi
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