Mother Nature's Crack
Mother Nature's Crack is a cliff in Missouri, at a modelled elevation of 291 m. Coal Mine Hill stands 367 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spiva Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 4.0 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
Large crack/cliff along trail that drops down to the shore below. Made of chert-quartzite so very sharp
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 6.4 mi off the Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
- 10.9 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
142 named places within 25 miles
- Spiva Park: 0.2 mi
- McIndoe Park: 0.6 mi
- McClelland Park: 1.6 mi
- Garvin Park: 2.4 mi
- Mercy Park: 2.4 mi
- Wildcat Glade Natural Area: 0.2 mi
- Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center: 0.3 mi
- Walter Woods Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
- Shoal Creek Wildlife Area: 6.6 mi
- Carver Prairie: 7.2 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross: 2.6 mi
- "t-lane memorial': 5.9 mi
- Apple Park Water Tower: 7.0 mi
- Praying Hands: 8.4 mi
- Kneeling Miner Statue: 8.5 mi
- Dorothea B. Hoover Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- Joplin History & Mineral Museum: 4.5 mi
- Everett J. Ritchie Tri-State Mineral Museum: 4.5 mi
- Galena Mining & Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Samuel J. Butcher Museum: 11.4 mi
- The house of Bonnie and Clyde: 1.8 mi
- Schifferdecker home: 4.2 mi
- Tristate Marker: 5.6 mi
- Tow Mater: 7.4 mi
- Marsh arc bridge: 12.5 mi
- Hockerville: 14.5 mi
- Zincville: 16.0 mi
- Monark Springs: 17.0 mi
- Picher: 17.3 mi
- Treece: 17.8 mi
- Butterfly Mural: 2.4 mi
- Route 66 Mural Park: 4.1 mi
- Belonging to All the Hands Who Build: 4.6 mi
- Old Tristate Marker: 5.6 mi
- Carver Bust: 9.6 mi
- Blue Mound: 16.7 mi
- Coal Mine Hill: 23.8 mi
- Holloway Mountain: 24.1 mi
- Grand Falls: 1.2 mi
- Grand Falls: 1.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden and Overlook: 2.6 mi
- Red Dirt Farm: 24.0 mi
- Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 3.8 mi
- Truck Parking: 3.8 mi
- McMahan Spring: 16.1 mi
- Gibson Spring: 18.7 mi
- bunker: 20.2 mi
- Bunker: 20.2 mi
- Owens Bluff: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mother Nature's Crack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coal Mine Hill | SSE 148° | 367 m | 23.8 mi |
| Holloway Mountain | SSE 166° | 367 m | 24.1 mi |
| Blue Mound | W 265° | 291 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joplin Rgnl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9273649438
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