Sun Dance
Sun Dance is an artwork in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 269 m. Wagon Knob stands 305 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dale Carnegie, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old Trails Road passes 29 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Old Trails Road
97 named places within 25 miles
- Selmo Park: 0.2 mi
- Blind Boone Park: 0.7 mi
- Grover Park: 0.8 mi
- Shepard Park: 0.8 mi
- Grover Park Playground: 0.8 mi
- Dale Carnegie: 0.0 mi
- Yeater Ghost: 0.2 mi
- Maastricht Friendship Tower: 0.2 mi
- Boy Scout Mother Monument: 0.8 mi
- KATHRYN KUHLMAN: 18.0 mi
- Squares + Movement = Questions: 0.1 mi
- Petra: 0.1 mi
- Criss-Cross: 0.1 mi
- Aluminum Tree: 0.1 mi
- Fantasy: 0.1 mi
- Hazel Hill Conservation Area: 6.6 mi
- Hartwell Conservation Area: 16.4 mi
- Maple Leaf Lake Conservation Area: 16.5 mi
- Bruns Tract Conservation Area: 17.6 mi
- W. R. Kearn Memorial Conservation Area: 17.9 mi
- Beals Woodland and Stream Garden: 17.8 mi
- Perennial Garden: 17.9 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 17.9 mi
- Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
- East Lawn: 18.1 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 8.5 mi
- Knobs: 10.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 10.2 mi
- Cooks Knob: 13.7 mi
- Wagon Knob: 17.6 mi
- McClure Archives and University Museum: 0.1 mi
- Mary Miller Smiser Heritage Library: 0.9 mi
- Lone Jack Civil War Museum: 24.6 mi
- Fortyville: 17.5 mi
- Industry: 24.8 mi
- Concordia Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
- Concordia Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sun Dance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wagon Knob | NW 317° | 305 m | 17.6 mi |
| Katy trail highest point | SE 127° | 291 m | 18.7 mi |
| Knobs | E 82° | 278 m | 10.1 mi |
| Cooks Knob | ENE 56° | 268 m | 13.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | SSE 149° | 261 m | 8.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | NNE 23° | 247 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 44 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrensburg 4NW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13525551334
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