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Yellow Bluff

Yellow Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Bluff is a cliff in Mississippi, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Smallwood Hills stands 199 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Coughlin Mound, a peak 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 88 miles off. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
110 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.80208, -89.32618

17 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
  • Westside Park: 12.1 mi
  • Dewitt-Deweese Memorial Park: 12.5 mi
  • McMillian Park: 12.6 mi
  • Northside Park: 12.6 mi
  • Burnside County Park: 13.3 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Coughlin Mound: 2.3 mi
  • Smallwood Hills: 11.9 mi
  • Circle Hill: 20.8 mi
  • Rock Gut Hill: 20.8 mi
  • Island Hill: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smallwood HillsNNE 17°199 m11.9 mi
Circle HillESE 115°195 m20.8 mi
Rock Gut HillESE 123°185 m20.8 mi
Coughlin MoundNE 38°126 m2.3 mi
Island HillSSW 210°119 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3719:09
June solstice05:5019:3320:09
September equinox06:4618:2318:56
December solstice06:5716:1816:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464957647279818176655548

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Philadelphia 1 WSW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357951931

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