Deer Leap
Deer Leap is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Mosby Hill stands 294 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Leap Recreation Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 71 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 115 m
How to reach it
- 71.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
90 named places within 25 miles
- Bee Hill: 2.9 mi
- Fuse Hill: 7.5 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Mulvinia Hill: 11.7 mi
- Grindstone Hill: 12.7 mi
- Malden Spring: 0.7 mi
- Twin Spring: 8.4 mi
- Mitchel Spring: 16.3 mi
- Conner Spring: 16.9 mi
- Boze's Mill Spring: 17.1 mi
- Deer Leap Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Float Camp Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Compton Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Ripley Lake Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Hart-Lynch Park: 11.9 mi
- Pleasant Grove: 5.9 mi
- Tucker: 7.1 mi
- Dryden: 7.8 mi
- Bennett: 8.0 mi
- Ponder: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Kelley Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Overcup Fen Natural Area: 7.6 mi
- Greenville Ford Public Fishing Access: 10.0 mi
- Fern Nook Natural Area: 10.1 mi
- Float Camp: 0.7 mi
- Ellsinore Pioneer Museum: 20.0 mi
- Big Spring: 20.6 mi
- Granite Obelisk Memorial: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Deer Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mosby Hill | WNW 290° | 294 m | 23.3 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | WSW 259° | 281 m | 11.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 316° | 275 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 248° | 251 m | 13.9 mi |
| Conner Hill | W 277° | 239 m | 16.3 mi |
| Turkey Knob | W 271° | 234 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pinhook Hill | NE 50° | 229 m | 17.1 mi |
| Fuse Hill | NW 315° | 227 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
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 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Doniphan, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358063660
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