Windy Bluff
Windy Bluff is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Webb Mountain stands 845 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Allyn Waterfront Park, a park 3.0 miles away. JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL passes 2.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 40 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL
- 5.8 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC UNION TO JCT SR 3 VIC BELFAIR
- 13.3 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
- 16.4 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
Overlooks nearby
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 13 mi
- Point White Pier · 20 mi
- South Beach Drive Road End · 20 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allyn Waterfront Park: 3.0 mi
- North Bay WDFW: 3.0 mi
- Lake Carney Water Access: 3.9 mi
- Coulter Creek Park: 4.2 mi
- Devereaux Lake Public Access: 4.7 mi
- Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Garden: 11.7 mi
- Rhododendron Garden: 12.7 mi
- Nature Play Garden: 13.1 mi
- Northwest Native Plant Garden: 13.1 mi
- May Peace Prevail on Earth: 7.1 mi
- Gig Harbor 9/11 Memorial: 7.9 mi
- After Medicine Creek: 9.3 mi
- The Puyallup Tribe / sx̌ʷəbabš | The Swift Water People: 9.3 mi
- The Chapel on Echo Bay Plaque: 9.3 mi
- Ford Hill: 8.0 mi
- Kinbee Hill: 10.1 mi
- Tahuya Lookout: 10.3 mi
- Gold Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Indian Point: 14.1 mi
- Ringing In The Salmon: 9.3 mi
- The Big Catch: 9.3 mi
- Our Fisherman, Our Guardian: 9.4 mi
- Mussel Beach: 9.6 mi
- Fish Flurry: 9.8 mi
- Muskoxen: 13.0 mi
- Muskoxen: 13.0 mi
- Wallabies: 13.0 mi
- Goats: 13.0 mi
- Polar Bears: 13.0 mi
- Whale Display: 6.5 mi
- Exhibit Building: 6.5 mi
- Harbor History Museum: 9.3 mi
- Fox Island Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Johnson's Farm Museum: 12.8 mi
- Haley State Park Property: 3.7 mi
- Tacoma DeMolay Sandspit Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Joemma Beach State Park: 8.7 mi
- Peninsula Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary: 9.2 mi
- The Meadow: 5.9 mi
- Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Rustic Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Red Wolf Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Palmer Lake "Shady side": 7.6 mi
- Fox Island Sand Spit: 7.7 mi
- Palmer Lake "Sunny side": 7.8 mi
- Joemma Beach: 8.6 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 10.9 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse: 16.5 mi
- Generator Building: 16.5 mi
- Boat House: 16.6 mi
- Oil House: 16.6 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 16.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Eighteenth Infantry Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Ellison Spring: 11.8 mi
- Garrison Springs: 15.6 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 22.1 mi
- McAllister Springs: 22.4 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 23.2 mi
- Dickerson Falls: 15.8 mi
- Lilliwaup Falls: 17.4 mi
- Upper Lilliwaup Falls: 17.6 mi
- Kennedy Falls: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Windy Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webb Mountain | NNW 330° | 845 m | 21.5 mi |
| Dow Mountain | WNW 290° | 765 m | 19.5 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | WNW 297° | 566 m | 20.2 mi |
| Gold Mountain | N 1° | 528 m | 13.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | N 357° | 484 m | 14.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | E 100° | 167 m | 18.0 mi |
| Black Hill | SSE 161° | 153 m | 20.2 mi |
| Goodman Hill | SSE 160° | 145 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 20:24 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:31 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 52 | 45 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356541575
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