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Susans Bluff

Susans Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Susans Bluff is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,377 m. Mount Como stands 2,743 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
1377 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.28103, -119.39905

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Table Mountain: 0.3 mi
  • Fremont Lookout: 2.1 mi
  • Churchill Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Churchill Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Rawe Peak: 7.1 mi
Parks
  • Rolling A Open Space Entrance: 5.5 mi
  • Patriot Park: 6.3 mi
  • Mark Twain Park: 7.9 mi
  • Back Forty National Park: 8.0 mi
  • Dayton Skate Park: 10.2 mi
Museums: 16
  • Dayton Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Dayton Museum: 10.8 mi
  • Comstock Gold Mill: 13.5 mi
  • The Way it Was Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Mark Twain Museum: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 15
Attractions: 15
Springs: 12
  • Barton Springs: 4.7 mi
  • Cooney Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Stone Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Bull Run Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Willow Spring: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Frog Sculpture: 20.2 mi
  • Pelican Sculpture: 20.2 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Jumbo Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Susans Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ComoSSW 193°2,743 m18.4 mi
Lyon PeakSSW 201°2,627 m11.3 mi
Mineral PeakSSW 205°2,519 m17.8 mi
Rawe PeakSW 219°2,511 m7.1 mi
Mount DavidsonW 278°2,389 m14.3 mi
Ophir HillW 280°2,369 m14.7 mi
Mount BullionW 276°2,336 m14.7 mi
Butler PeakW 275°2,275 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3219:4820:28
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1515:5616:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343641455464737164524133
Precip in1.82.11.60.50.70.50.20.20.30.61.11.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia City, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357552760

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