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Stave Bluff

Stave Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Stave Bluff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. Hays Mount stands 88 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Bluff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 193 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
31 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.86235, -87.83362

103 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Finches Ferry Public Use Area: 1.3 mi
  • Greene County Courthouse Square Historic District: 3.5 mi
  • Lock 8 Park: 3.7 mi
  • Jennings Ferry Public Use Area: 4.1 mi
  • Jennings Ferry Public Use Area: 4.1 mi
Cliffs: 26
Peaks: 11
  • Hays Mount: 10.7 mi
  • Solomon Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Burton Hill: 12.4 mi
  • McAlpin Hill: 13.6 mi
  • Trimble Hill: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
  • Magnolia Grove: 17.1 mi
  • Safe House Black History Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Marengo County History & Archives Museum: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Greene County Rest Area - I 59 Southbound: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Shark Tooth Creek: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hays MountSW 230°88 m10.7 mi
Burton HillSSW 212°84 m12.4 mi
Hagan HillSW 214°79 m14.3 mi
Trimble HillSW 225°77 m13.7 mi
Bullocks HillSSW 197°77 m14.2 mi
McAlpin HillS 190°71 m13.6 mi
Fannin HillS 186°71 m14.1 mi
Campbell HillSW 228°66 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:4419:2720:03
September equinox06:4018:1718:50
December solstice06:5116:1216:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057637178818175655549
Precip in5.05.55.64.73.95.84.14.03.83.34.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensboro 2 WNW, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358942127

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