Bluff Point
Bluff Point rises to 130 m in New York. Howlett Hill stands 344 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hickory Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Scenic Route 90 passes 3.2 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34805833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 130 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Scenic Route 90
- 6.9 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Paid viewfinder · 20 mi
- Meteorology Observation Deck · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dale M. Owens Memorial Field: 1.4 mi
- Howland Island Game Refuge: 2.2 mi
- Montezuma Heritage Park:: 3.5 mi
- Giardina Memorial Park: 3.6 mi
- Erie Canal Heritage Park: 4.2 mi
- Hickory Hill: 0.9 mi
- Eagle Hill: 1.5 mi
- Crusoe Island: 3.2 mi
- Clark Hill: 3.3 mi
- Messner Hill: 3.4 mi
- Lock 62: 3.5 mi
- Clinton's Ditch: 3.5 mi
- Paper Mill: 3.6 mi
- Byron Lapp Memorial Trail: 3.6 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Dry Dock: 3.6 mi
- Brick Church Museum: 8.2 mi
- Mill Museum: 8.3 mi
- Seneca Meadows Education Center: 11.1 mi
- It's A Wonderful Life Museum: 11.3 mi
- Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry: 11.4 mi
- Lettie M Cook Memorial Forest: 11.6 mi
- Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Canoga Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 13.8 mi
- Bishop Nature Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Owasco Bluffs Nature Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Bald Eagle: 5.6 mi
- Herons: 6.7 mi
- Harriet Tubman: 11.7 mi
- William Seward: 11.8 mi
- FireBear: 12.5 mi
- Harriet Tubman Gravesite: 11.9 mi
- Site of the Whitmer Red Schoolhouse: 14.9 mi
- Cayuga Lake (Thomas B. Marsh): 16.0 mi
- Finger Lakes Welcome Center: 18.9 mi
- Sterling Renaissance Festival: 20.8 mi
- Scotts Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Hi Banks: 20.1 mi
- The Bluffs: 20.5 mi
- Sitts Bluff: 20.7 mi
- McIntyres Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Trinity Memorial Garden: 11.3 mi
- Hope Garden: 13.5 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 19.1 mi
- East Castle Street Butterfly Gardens: 19.1 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 12.1 mi
- Guppy Falls: 17.3 mi
- Marcellus Falls: 19.2 mi
- Crescent Beach: 18.8 mi
- Glenwood Beach: 20.0 mi
- Stevenson Beach: 22.4 mi
- Klippel Spring: 13.8 mi
- Willow Bay: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bluff Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howlett Hill | ESE 102° | 344 m | 21.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | ESE 103° | 330 m | 20.2 mi |
| Cottle Hill | ESE 116° | 301 m | 13.8 mi |
| Crozier Hill | SW 229° | 266 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bishop Hill | ESE 110° | 257 m | 19.8 mi |
| Preston Hill | ESE 104° | 256 m | 15.9 mi |
| Smith Hill | E 94° | 240 m | 21.4 mi |
| Gillis Hill | E 93° | 225 m | 23.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:07 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:49 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944360 — Bluff Point, Cayuga County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357549656
Day trips start here
- Weedsport · 8 mi
- Auburn · 11 mi
- Seneca Falls · 11 mi
- Wolcott · 12 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 16 mi
- Skaneateles · 16 mi
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