Moonshine Beach
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Moonshine Beach is a beach in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 287 m. Bradshaw Mountain stands 609 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Moonshine Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ozark Mountain Highroad passes 4.5 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Taney County, Missouri, United States.
Wikidata Q49322077, matched on coordinates and name (488 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 287 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Ozark Mountain Highroad
- 5.5 mi off the Ozark Mountain Parkway
- 23.4 mi off the Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Sugar Camp Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Moonshine Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Long Creek Public Use Area: 0.3 mi
- Peninsula Observation Loop: 0.4 mi
- Coombs Ferry Park: 1.6 mi
- Coombs Ferry Public Use Area: 1.6 mi
- Table Rock: 2.1 mi
- Baird Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sow Coon Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Chula Vista: 6.9 mi
- Little Joe Bald: 8.1 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Oasis Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Logslide Bluff: 5.7 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium: 2.4 mi
- Titanic Museum: 2.5 mi
- Hollywood Wax Museum: 2.6 mi
- World's Largest Toy Museum: 2.8 mi
- Dinosaur Museum: 2.8 mi
- The Runaway Mountain Coaster: 1.6 mi
- Go Karts: 2.3 mi
- The Branson Ferris Wheel: 2.4 mi
- Castle of Chaos & Hannah's Maze of Mirrors: 2.6 mi
- The Butterfly Palace & Rainforest Adventure: 3.1 mi
- Shepherd of the Hills Fish Hatchery: 1.1 mi
- White River Balds Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Lakeside Forest Wilderness Area: 3.9 mi
- Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area: 4.1 mi
- Drury Conservation Area: 13.8 mi
- Flag: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Valley: 5.0 mi
- Melva: 5.9 mi
- Radical: 6.1 mi
- McFarland: 14.1 mi
- Lest We Forget 9/11 Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Veteran's Grove: 4.0 mi
- The Missouri Gold Star Families Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Ozark Medieval Fortress: 18.4 mi
- Ruins - Log Cabin / Barn: 24.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 21.2 mi
- Carney Spring: 21.9 mi
- Gum Spring: 23.1 mi
- Cash Spring: 23.9 mi
- Don's Island: 1.7 mi
- Aunts Creek Beach: 9.4 mi
- Lakeside Forest Trails: 4.0 mi
- StoneBridge Pavilion: 6.5 mi
- Scripture Garden: 3.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moonshine Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradshaw Mountain | SSW 195° | 609 m | 24.1 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | SSW 207° | 552 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 187° | 547 m | 22.8 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SSW 205° | 539 m | 24.5 mi |
| Miller Mountain | SSW 205° | 532 m | 22.2 mi |
| Brushy Knobs | SW 220° | 531 m | 20.4 mi |
| Brother Knobs | SW 219° | 526 m | 19.5 mi |
| Collier Mountain | SSW 198° | 518 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:22 | 17:02 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Branson AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/940390736
Day trips start here
- Branson · 4 mi
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