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Jack Carney Puck and Plaza

Jack Carney Puck and Plaza from directly overhead

Jack Carney Puck and Plaza is an attraction in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Blue Knob stands 392 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Gary Havener Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 - MO runs past it. 150 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Missouri University of Science and Technology

How to reach it

Coordinates37.95375, -91.77355

150 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
Springs: 14
  • Bray Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Gollahon Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Clifty Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Wilkins Spring: 12.1 mi
  • PineySpring: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 12
Peaks: 12
  • Pilot Knob: 6.5 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 9.5 mi
  • Indian House Mounds: 14.5 mi
  • Wards Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Blue Knob: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Missouri S&T Stonehenge: 0.2 mi
  • Rolla Inn: 1.1 mi
  • Trail of Tears Memorial: 11.7 mi
  • Dr. Martin Hart Plaque: 23.1 mi
  • Jeanie B. Weaver Dialysis Unit: 23.1 mi
Attractions: 9
  • 1501: 0.4 mi
  • 563: 0.5 mi
  • Rt 66 Museum of Phelps Co., - Mule Trading Post: 3.3 mi
  • Sugar Tree Outer Road, Dead Ends: 9.0 mi
  • Old Derby gas station: 9.2 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 7.4 mi
  • Truck Parking: 7.5 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 10.8 mi
  • Clifty Creek Natural Bridge: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Point Picnic Area: 12.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jack Carney Puck and Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobSE 130°392 m17.0 mi
Pilot KnobS 188°372 m9.5 mi
Wards HillSE 141°356 m14.8 mi
Craig HillESE 114°329 m21.2 mi
Indian House MoundsN 359°328 m14.5 mi
Lost MountainESE 112°317 m19.8 mi
Pilot KnobNNW 343°286 m6.5 mi
House MoundsNNW 334°250 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:34
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2016:1116:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323645566674797870584636
Precip in2.72.54.14.95.54.44.74.54.03.33.92.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rolla Missouri S&T, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/727617977

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