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Tallahatchie Bluff

Tallahatchie Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Tallahatchie Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 66 m. Lowe Mountain stands 174 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Tocowa, a ghost town 7.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 101 miles off. 30 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
66 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.11011, -90.07592

30 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • Camp Talla Refuge: 9.9 mi
  • Riverview Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
  • Persimmon Hill Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
  • Wallace Creek Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
  • Cossar State Park: 11.1 mi
Peaks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lowe MountainNE 56°174 m24.5 mi
Terrapin MountainNE 56°166 m23.9 mi
Spyglass HillE 83°117 m16.6 mi
Chickasaw HillENE 75°99 m15.1 mi
Persimmon HillE 81°90 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:12
June solstice05:5019:3920:16
September equinox06:4918:2618:59
December solstice07:0316:1716:55

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414554627179828175635244
Precip in5.15.75.56.15.94.23.03.33.14.24.56.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lambert 1W, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357971013

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