The Bluff
The Bluff is a cliff in Michigan, at a recorded elevation of 481 m. Big Rock stands 448 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sparrow-Kenton Wayside Picnic Area, a park 4.6 miles away. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 481 m
How to reach it
58 named places within 25 miles
- Agate Falls: 6.4 mi
- Bond Falls: 8.3 mi
- Upper Bond Falls: 8.3 mi
- Konteka Falls: 16.7 mi
- O Kun de Kun Falls: 16.7 mi
- Sparrow-Kenton Wayside Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Agate Falls Scenic Area: 6.3 mi
- Bond Falls Day Use Area: 7.8 mi
- Bond Falls Scenic Site: 8.4 mi
- Maple Grove Park: 10.1 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Big Rock: 11.7 mi
- Mount Kallio: 17.4 mi
- Silver Mountain: 18.7 mi
- South Military Hill: 19.3 mi
- North Bruce Lutheran Church (ruins): 14.3 mi
- Victoria Mine "New" Shaft No. 2 Hoist House: 21.6 mi
- Wisconsin River Headwaters: 24.0 mi
- Thirty-Second Division Memorial Highway: 24.0 mi
- Lac Vieux Desert: 24.1 mi
- Norway Lake Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Bob Lake Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Courtney Lake Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Clark Lake Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Old Victoria Historic Townsite: 21.7 mi
- Childhood Cottage Museum: 22.5 mi
- Northern Waters Museum: 23.4 mi
- South Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Oak Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Paulding Light: 12.1 mi
- Gibbs City: 19.8 mi
- Gateway Roadside Park: 22.3 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rock | WSW 241° | 448 m | 11.7 mi |
| Adventure Mountain | NNW 346° | 447 m | 23.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | ENE 75° | 441 m | 7.6 mi |
| C Shaft Hill | NNW 334° | 422 m | 22.0 mi |
| Silver Mountain | NE 35° | 398 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Kallio | ENE 66° | 397 m | 17.4 mi |
| South Military Hill | NNW 334° | 293 m | 19.3 mi |
| North Military Hill | NNW 331° | 292 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:29 | 20:08 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 21:06 | 21:53 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:55 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 16:21 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Detroit).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 12 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 51 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 30 | 18 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paulding, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/353997504
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