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Buttin Rock

Buttin Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Buttin Rock is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 206 m. Red Hill stands 410 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Horseshoe Horse, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 94 miles off. 151 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
206 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.15449, -91.36291

151 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 45
  • Artisian Well: 1.2 mi
  • Slater Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Fursman Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Alley Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Munsell Spring: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Jerktail Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Coot Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Tip Top Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Shut-In Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 7.5 mi
Parks: 21
Cliffs: 21
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 4
  • Beach 3: 1.0 mi
  • Beach 2: 1.1 mi
  • Beach 3: 1.1 mi
  • Pulltite: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Round Spring Natural Bridge: 9.2 mi
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 17.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rocky Falls: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Welch Spring Hospital: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buttin Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillNNE 16°410 m24.7 mi
Stegall MountainESE 120°409 m10.4 mi
Thorny MountainESE 112°405 m11.0 mi
Mule MountainSE 125°403 m9.4 mi
Wildcat MountainENE 73°385 m7.5 mi
Coot MountainENE 78°379 m6.3 mi
Tip Top MountainNNE 26°377 m6.7 mi
Panther HillENE 57°368 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:4619:5120:30
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1616:1216:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333747576774787769574636
Precip in2.82.94.55.35.64.04.13.83.83.43.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eminence 1 NW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358025772

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