Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 303 m. Lead Hill stands 495 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 132 miles off. 144 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 303 m
How to reach it
- 131.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 0.7 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
144 named places within 25 miles
- Payne Knob: 2.4 mi
- Martin Hill: 3.4 mi
- Nichols Knob: 7.5 mi
- Twin Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Big Yoeman: 8.6 mi
- Turkey Spring: 1.5 mi
- Sues Spring: 4.4 mi
- Galloway Spring: 4.5 mi
- Tabor Spring: 4.7 mi
- Cathole Spring: 4.7 mi
- Carmen Springs Wildlife Refuge Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Dean Davis State Wildlife Area: 8.3 mi
- Kiwanis Wayhaven Park: 10.4 mi
- Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds: 10.4 mi
- Heselton Park: 10.4 mi
- Veterans Memeorial: 12.2 mi
- Grizzly Statue: 12.7 mi
- Civil War Skirmish: 12.8 mi
- Polly the Parrot: 13.4 mi
- Howell County War Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Two Faces: 7.6 mi
- Rattail Point: 16.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 23.7 mi
- Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 11.4 mi
- Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 11.5 mi
- White Ranch Conservation Area: 22.3 mi
- Cabool Towersite: 22.9 mi
- James P. Harlin Museum: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Hill | NNW 338° | 495 m | 22.3 mi |
| King Mountain | NNE 33° | 463 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bear Cave Mountain | WSW 243° | 447 m | 24.0 mi |
| Queens Mountain | NNE 33° | 446 m | 14.8 mi |
| Blue Buck Knob | NNW 334° | 442 m | 8.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | WSW 242° | 440 m | 23.5 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNW 345° | 438 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bald Knob Mountain | NNW 329° | 434 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Plains Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358064249
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