Perkins Bluff
Perkins Bluff is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Graveyard Hill stands 379 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Ridge Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 - MO passes 26 miles off. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
101 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Ridge Park: 0.1 mi
- Masters Park: 1.7 mi
- Stockton State Park: 4.7 mi
- Mutton Creek North Access: 6.2 mi
- Hawker Point Public Use Area: 6.2 mi
- Tunnel Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Blair Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Sorters Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Tommy Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Downs Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Knothead Hill: 5.4 mi
- Scott Hill: 5.7 mi
- The Mound: 5.7 mi
- Bungalow Hill: 5.8 mi
- Chapel Hill: 6.3 mi
- Pearl Creek Farm: 18.4 mi
- Schuette Prairie: 18.6 mi
- Stony Point Prairie Conservation Area: 19.3 mi
- Little Sac Woods Conservation Area: 20.2 mi
- Sentinel Conservation Area: 23.4 mi
- Polk County Museum: 14.5 mi
- Community Garden: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Perkins Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graveyard Hill | ESE 102° | 379 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSE 156° | 369 m | 17.7 mi |
| The Mound | SSW 204° | 352 m | 20.0 mi |
| Bryant Mound | SSW 201° | 351 m | 19.0 mi |
| The Mound | N 1° | 333 m | 5.7 mi |
| Grisham Knob | ESE 119° | 327 m | 12.7 mi |
| Turkey Knob | ESE 116° | 326 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | S 170° | 323 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:20 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stockton DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358039237
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