Waddel Bluff
Waddel Bluff is a cliff in Louisiana, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Negro Foot Hill stands 120 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Colfax Recreatuin Area, a park 6.8 miles away. Colonial Trails Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 26 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Colonial Trails Scenic Byway
- 13.3 mi off the Longleaf Trail Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Toledo Bend Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Longleaf Vista · 14 mi
- Coyote Camp Scenic Overlook · 16 mi
67 named places within 25 miles
- Colfax Recreatuin Area: 6.8 mi
- Colfax Walking Trail: 7.7 mi
- Colfax Riot Marker: 7.8 mi
- Colfax Town Park: 8.2 mi
- Iatt Lake Recration Area: 10.3 mi
- McAlpine Hill: 7.9 mi
- Sang Pour Sang Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sampusand Hill: 10.1 mi
- Potato Hill: 11.3 mi
- Sunk Hill: 12.3 mi
- Prudhomme-Rouquier House: 20.0 mi
- Prudhomme Rouquier House: 20.0 mi
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame: 20.0 mi
- Natchitoches Old Courthouse Museum: 20.2 mi
- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame & Northwest Louisiana History Museum: 20.2 mi
- Petite Ecore: 11.5 mi
- Deloges Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Grand Ecore Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Koins Bluff: 24.6 mi
- White supremacy monument: 7.7 mi
- John Stores Memorial Feild: 19.8 mi
- Eark K Long Memorial Statue: 24.9 mi
- Earl K Long Memorial Grave: 24.9 mi
- Magnolia Plantation: 8.8 mi
- Louisiana Mudfest: 9.5 mi
- Oakland Plantation: 12.7 mi
- Flying Tigers Heritage Park: 24.8 mi
- Cane River Gallery: 20.1 mi
- Natchitoches Art Gallery Guild Heritage Gallery: 20.1 mi
- Bottle Garden: 12.6 mi
- Kisatchie Water Falls: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waddel Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negro Foot Hill | SW 217° | 120 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bedstead Hill | WSW 246° | 101 m | 18.4 mi |
| Sang Pour Sang Hill | SW 229° | 94 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sampusand Hill | SW 229° | 92 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sunk Hill | SSW 205° | 74 m | 12.3 mi |
| Dough Hills | S 181° | 71 m | 18.1 mi |
| McAlpine Hill | SSW 202° | 66 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mosley Hill | ENE 65° | 65 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 19:44 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:36 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boyce 3 WNW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358380868
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