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The Bluff

The Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

The Bluff is a cliff in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 164 m. Mount Chase stands 736 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Falls, a waterfall 1.2 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.8 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
164 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.00589, -68.24280
Around it

117 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Nature reserves: 19
  • Mattawamkeag Lake Public Reserved Land: 5.3 mi
  • Moro Plantation W Public Reserved Land: 9.9 mi
  • Moro Plantation W Public Reserved Land: 10.4 mi
  • Mount Chase State Forest: 12.8 mi
  • Reed Plantation NW Public Reserved Land: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Island Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Warren Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Hastings Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Four Foot Pitch: 11.2 mi
Parks: 15
  • Bible Point State Historic Site: 6.9 mi
  • Olin Collier Ballfields: 8.1 mi
  • Merrill Millstream Park: 9.4 mi
  • Town of Patten Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
  • Patten Lumbermans Museum: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 2
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Individual Flower Gardens: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lunksoos Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChaseWNW 302°736 m13.3 mi
Deasey MountainWSW 258°592 m21.7 mi
Long MountainNW 306°557 m13.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 292°540 m19.1 mi
Lunksoos MountainW 261°537 m21.3 mi
Green MountainNW 320°510 m17.1 mi
Bald MountainWNW 302°490 m12.5 mi
Hay Brook MountainNW 307°490 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0618:45
June solstice04:4319:4220:28
September equinox06:2117:5318:33
December solstice07:1315:0115:51

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131625385160666456443321

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358224978

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