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Yellow Bluffs

Yellow Bluffs, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Bluffs is a cliff in Arkansas, at a recorded elevation of 263 m. Irons Mountain stands 477 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 96 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
263 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.71341, -92.03959

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Tater Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sam Johnson Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Kemp Hill: 6.0 mi
Parks: 47
  • Hill Creek Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
  • Cherokee Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
  • Devils Fork Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
  • City Park Stone Ampitheater: 12.0 mi
  • Old Highway 25 Recreation Areas: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 5
  • Stone County Museum: 11.2 mi
  • William Carl Garner Visitor Center: 13.4 mi
  • Shirley Centennial Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Old Independence Regional Museum: 22.5 mi
  • Melbourne AR History Museum: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 5
Waterfalls: 4
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hidden Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sandy Beach: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Yellow Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Irons MountainN 7°477 m10.2 mi
Sugar HillNW 310°451 m12.5 mi
Hawkins HillWNW 292°438 m12.4 mi
Lost MountainWNW 300°438 m12.9 mi
Finch MountainNW 305°434 m10.8 mi
Bancroft HillWNW 284°429 m12.0 mi
Dodd MountainNNW 336°428 m10.4 mi
Glen HillWNW 297°428 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:5319:5020:28
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1516:2016:59

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596876807972615041
Precip in3.53.45.05.65.63.83.83.93.54.35.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN View, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358984066

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