The Bluffs
The Bluffs is a cliff in New York, at a recorded elevation of 80 m. Brantling Hill stands 206 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sitts Bluff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 2.5 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 80 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 23.6 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 27.4 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 10 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 16 mi
133 named places within 25 miles
- West Barrier Bar County Park: 1.8 mi
- Fort Haven Beach State Park: 2.1 mi
- Village Commons Park: 9.1 mi
- Sheldon Beach Park: 10.1 mi
- Shapiro Park: 10.3 mi
- The Ridge: 1.1 mi
- Juniper Hill: 1.9 mi
- Sidmans Hill: 2.4 mi
- Wilde Hill: 2.6 mi
- Kevilles Hill: 4.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
- Sodus Bay Lighthouse 1825-1871: 16.4 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock 54 - Berlin Lock: 23.7 mi
- Clinton's Ditch: 23.9 mi
- Lock 62: 23.9 mi
- Derrick Boat 8: 11.0 mi
- U.S. Army - Tug LT-5: 11.0 mi
- H. Lee White Marine Museum: 11.0 mi
- Richardson-Bates House Museum: 11.1 mi
- Safe Haven Museum: 11.4 mi
- Sitts Bluff: 0.2 mi
- McIntyres Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Scotts Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Sprong Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Flat Rocks: 9.9 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 13.2 mi
- Crescent Beach: 14.9 mi
- Curtiss Gale Wildlife Management Area: 15.5 mi
- Macyville Woods Nature Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Sterling Renaissance Festival: 1.2 mi
- Herb Garden: 8.2 mi
- West Pierhead Light: 11.4 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 11.5 mi
- FireBear: 15.8 mi
- Klippel Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brantling Hill | SW 234° | 206 m | 24.4 mi |
| The Kingdom | SE 140° | 198 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sorrel Hill | SE 136° | 196 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cuddeback Hill | SSW 195° | 184 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pump Hill | SSE 156° | 177 m | 22.5 mi |
| Berry Hump | SSE 158° | 174 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pinkney Hill | SSW 199° | 157 m | 17.0 mi |
| Governor Hill | WSW 240° | 156 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:08 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oswego, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357592519
Day trips start here
- Wolcott · 12 mi
- Sodus Point · 16 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 20 mi
- Weedsport · 22 mi
- Williamson · 27 mi
- Auburn · 30 mi
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