Cliff · California
The Bluff
The Bluff is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 758 m. San Benito Mountain stands 1,597 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 758 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.43496, -120.92852
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Lookout Peak: 0.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Wild Oat Peak: 2.3 mi
- Rock Spring Peak: 2.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.6 mi
Parks: 37
- Oak Park: 17.2 mi
- Tuscany Park: 18.2 mi
- Railroad Park: 18.5 mi
- Mills Ranch Central Park: 18.5 mi
- King Street Pocket Park: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Exploratory Mine Shaft: 14.0 mi
- Bus: 14.1 mi
- Vehicle: 14.1 mi
- Truck: 14.2 mi
- Car: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 14.4 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Picnic Area A: 20.0 mi
Springs: 6
- Moses Spring: 14.6 mi
- Parson Spring: 14.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 15.0 mi
- Oak Tree Spring: 15.8 mi
- Aqua Buena Spring: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
- The Upper Crust: 14.5 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- Discovery Wall: 14.6 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 10.2 mi
- San Benito Wilderness Study Area: 15.9 mi
- Panoche Hills: 19.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- New Idria Mercury Mine: 14.2 mi
- New Idria: 14.2 mi
Museums: 2
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 19.9 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Laguna falls: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 1
- Memorial Rose Garden: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of The Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,597 m | 16.4 mi |
| Santa Rita Peak | ESE 108° | 1,560 m | 19.2 mi |
| Condon Peak | ESE 115° | 1,514 m | 19.1 mi |
| San Carlos Peak | ESE 101° | 1,472 m | 15.4 mi |
| Alta Peak | ESE 109° | 1,428 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sampson Peak | E 98° | 1,420 m | 12.6 mi |
| North Hill | E 100° | 1,418 m | 15.1 mi |
| Idria Peak | E 101° | 1,415 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacles NP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358793339
Day trips start here
- Pinnacles National Park · 14 mi
- San Benito County · 16 mi
- Monterey County · 17 mi
- King City · 19 mi
- Soledad · 22 mi
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