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Yellow Bluff

Yellow Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Bluff is a cliff in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Bald Hill stands 111 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Bluff, a cliff 2.4 miles away. Texas Forest Trail passes 26 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
14 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.52993, -94.06935

52 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 11
  • Waldo Mathews Park: 13.9 mi
  • Knupple Park: 14.8 mi
  • E O Siecke State Forest: 16.3 mi
  • Village Creek State Park: 20.2 mi
  • George Washington Smyth Historical Monument: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Peaks: 5
  • Caney Head: 6.2 mi
  • Pedigo Hill: 21.7 mi
  • Bald Hill: 22.3 mi
  • Spring Hill: 22.9 mi
  • High Hill: 23.5 mi
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Watson Rare Native Plant Reserve: 18.8 mi
  • Holland Cemetery Hunting Area: 21.8 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
Bald HillNNE 13°111 m22.3 mi
Spring HillN 7°69 m22.9 mi
Pedigo HillNNW 338°53 m21.7 mi
Caney HeadWSW 250°37 m6.2 mi
High HillESE 115°11 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5619:28
June solstice06:1519:4720:22
September equinox07:0518:4319:14
December solstice07:1016:4417:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495360667379818277675851
Precip in5.04.94.64.44.75.14.25.05.35.05.15.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Town Bluff DAM, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356748971

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