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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 27 m. The Wyatt Hills stands 49 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bluff, a cliff 2.6 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 17 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
27 m

How to reach it

Coordinates30.71325, -88.46363

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tanner Williams Community Park: 6.7 mi
  • Wilmer Park: 9.9 mi
  • Miracle League of West Mobile / Schmidt Family Park: 10.7 mi
  • Semmes Sports Complex: 11.8 mi
  • Semmes Community Park: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Museums: 11
  • Archaeology Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Mobile Museum of Art: 18.4 mi
  • Hank Aaron Childhood Home & Museum: 22.7 mi
  • Prichard Historical Museum / Old City Hall: 22.8 mi
  • Mobile Medical Museum: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • U.S. Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Plane: 13.2 mi
  • Old Steam Engine: 17.9 mi
  • Jet Fighter - Trainer: 18.0 mi
  • Ocean Springs Veterans' Memorial: 21.1 mi
  • Saint Mary: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 18.5 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 18.7 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 19.0 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 19.0 mi
  • Grand Bay Natural Wildlife Refuge: 19.1 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Easen Hill: 12.7 mi
  • Ladnier Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Carrol Hill: 15.3 mi
  • The Wyatt Hills: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 3
  • SouthPaw: 16.9 mi
  • John LeFlore & Joseph Langan: 24.3 mi
  • Father Ryan Statue: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Mississippi Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Westbound: 21.1 mi
  • Pascagoula River Rest Area Eastbound: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction: 24.4 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
The Wyatt HillsWNW 288°49 m24.6 mi
Carrol HillWSW 252°47 m15.3 mi
Ladnier HillWSW 251°42 m15.3 mi
Easen HillWSW 256°26 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:06
June solstice05:5219:2520:00
September equinox06:4318:2018:52
December solstice06:4816:2116:57

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515561677480828278695953
Precip in5.74.55.45.75.46.67.76.95.33.94.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mobile, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357951924

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