Owens Bluff
Owens Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 300 m. Gobblers Knob stands 390 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Hills Natural Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 21 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 300 m
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.8 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
Named places within 25 miles
- D-Day Adventure Park: 5.9 mi
- Neosho Memorial Park: 10.2 mi
- Lanagan Access: 10.6 mi
- Twin Bridges State Park: 11.6 mi
- McDonald County Recycling Center: 13.7 mi
- Buffalo Hills Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Cowskin Access: 6.0 mi
- Goodman Towersite: 9.3 mi
- Lanagan Towersite: 9.6 mi
- Mount Shira Access: 11.7 mi
- Tatum Hill: 7.1 mi
- Holloway Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Coal Mine Hill: 15.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 16.4 mi
- Roundtop: 17.0 mi
- Enterprise: 3.9 mi
- Cayuga: 7.4 mi
- Monark Springs: 18.5 mi
- Douthat: 22.0 mi
- Hockerville: 22.1 mi
- Wyandot Tribe: 11.5 mi
- Henry C. Holderman: 11.5 mi
- WWII Structure: 14.4 mi
- WWII ruin: 14.4 mi
- OKARMO Corner: 15.5 mi
- Longwell Museum: 13.1 mi
- Newton County Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Sulphur Springs Community Museum: 17.7 mi
- Route 66 Vintage Iron: 19.8 mi
- Antique Auto Museum: 19.8 mi
- KCS Anderson Depot: 8.6 mi
- Kansas CIty Southern RR Noel Depot: 13.1 mi
- Tristate Marker: 19.3 mi
- Route 66 Arch: 19.8 mi
- KCS Caboose Number 383: 21.7 mi
- Clemens Bluff: 14.8 mi
- White Rock Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Mother Nature's Crack: 21.3 mi
- Bee Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Tynon Bluffs: 24.7 mi
- Old Tristate Marker: 19.3 mi
- Carver Bust: 21.9 mi
- 1A Football State Champs 1984: 23.2 mi
- Butterfly Mural: 23.6 mi
- Grand Falls: 21.6 mi
- Grand Falls: 21.6 mi
- Tanyard Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
- Red Dirt Farm: 4.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden and Overlook: 23.8 mi
- McMahan Spring: 16.5 mi
- Gibson Spring: 16.9 mi
- Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 19.5 mi
- Truck Parking: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Owens Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobblers Knob | SE 146° | 390 m | 21.8 mi |
| High Point | ESE 116° | 385 m | 20.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | ESE 120° | 373 m | 16.4 mi |
| Holloway Mountain | ESE 104° | 367 m | 9.1 mi |
| Coal Mine Hill | E 87° | 367 m | 15.5 mi |
| Tatum Hill | ESE 122° | 356 m | 7.1 mi |
| Polk Mountain | SE 127° | 351 m | 18.6 mi |
| Bobs Knob | SE 129° | 337 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:03 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anderson 3W, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358038859
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