Lovers Bluff
Lovers Bluff rises to 27 m in Washington. Bigfoot Hill stands 943 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lummi Island Beach Access, a park 0.9 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM passes 8.9 miles off.
The story
cliff in Whatcom County, Washington, United States
Wikidata Q49469504, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 27 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM
- 10.1 mi off the JCT BLANCHARD RD OVERCROSSING TO VIC LARABEE STATE PARK
- 11.4 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
- 12.5 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS
Overlooks nearby
- Inspiration Point · 9 mi
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Burnout knob · 12 mi
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lummi Island Beach Access: 0.9 mi
- Lummi Nation Community Park: 7.8 mi
- Marine Park: 8.4 mi
- Post Point Dog Park: 8.4 mi
- Lockwood Open Space: 8.4 mi
- Curry Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Vendovi Island Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Lower Padden Trail: 8.6 mi
- Stonebridge-Terrill Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Padden Lagoon: 8.7 mi
- Richards Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mount Pickett: 5.7 mi
- Raccoon Point: 6.2 mi
- Mount Constitution: 6.5 mi
- False Summit: 7.0 mi
- Phillips 66 Totem Pole: 8.3 mi
- Seabird: 8.5 mi
- Daniel Jefferson Harris: 8.9 mi
- John Joseph Donovan: 8.9 mi
- Ichthyornial Probe: 9.2 mi
- Mrs. Hardy's Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Peace Pole: 8.7 mi
- Cornerstone Marker - 10th Street: 8.8 mi
- Old School Arch: 8.9 mi
- Fairhaven Arch: 8.9 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 8.0 mi
- Sunset Beach: 8.0 mi
- Terrill Beach: 8.7 mi
- Squalicum Beach: 9.0 mi
- Chin-Chin-Tse-Tung: 9.1 mi
- Whatcom Maritime Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
- Moran Mansion Museum: 9.3 mi
- Hovander House: 9.4 mi
- Orcas WILD: 9.5 mi
- Orcas Island Historical Museum: 9.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 3.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.8 mi
- China Caves: 10.4 mi
- Lawson Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Bald Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 9.7 mi
- Biology garden plot: 9.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 9.9 mi
- Ferndale Friendship Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- WeGrow Garden: 10.7 mi
- I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 11.4 mi
- Crown Yacht Charters: 14.4 mi
- Jolly Mon Charters: 14.6 mi
- Anacortes Yacht Charters: 15.1 mi
- Dan Cramer's Western Town: 18.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cavern Falls: 7.5 mi
- Rustic Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.7 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 10.4 mi
- 6: 6.1 mi
- 5: 6.1 mi
- 4: 6.1 mi
- 3: 6.1 mi
- 2: 6.1 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Custer Southbound Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Lovers Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigfoot Hill | ENE 78° | 943 m | 19.8 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | E 81° | 941 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill Northeast Peak | ENE 76° | 940 m | 20.3 mi |
| Slash | ENE 77° | 935 m | 19.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | E 96° | 816 m | 15.5 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | ESE 109° | 736 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Constitution | WSW 248° | 732 m | 6.5 mi |
| Chuckanut Mountain | ESE 114° | 705 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:28 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 15:23 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 52 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellingham 3 SSW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1506345 — Lovers Bluff, Whatcom County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356540507
Day trips start here
- Lummi Island · 2 mi
- Eastsound · 9 mi
- Bellingham · 10 mi
- Ferndale · 10 mi
- Orcas Island · 10 mi
- Orcas Village · 14 mi
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