Rattail Point
Rattail Point is a cliff in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 264 m. Bear Cave Mountain stands 447 m to the southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hodgsen Mill Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. Great River Road passes 143 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
- 143.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 15.1 mi off the Blue Buck Knob Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Glade Top Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Smoke Tree Scenic Vista · 23 mi
- Watershed Divide Scenic Vista · 24 mi
- Caney Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Narrows: 5.3 mi
- Devils Rock Pile: 6.1 mi
- Caney Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Simpson Mountain: 6.3 mi
- High Rock Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Hodgsen Mill Spring: 3.7 mi
- Shipley Spring: 4.2 mi
- Bird Springs: 4.4 mi
- Clapp Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bixly Spring: 6.2 mi
- Caney Mountain State Game Refuge: 7.4 mi
- River of Life Farm: 7.6 mi
- Blair Bridge Park: 7.9 mi
- Lonnie's Lookout: 10.8 mi
- Rippee State Wildlife Management Area: 12.1 mi
- Two Faces: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.4 mi
- Bean Bluff: 19.3 mi
- State Line: 17.4 mi
- Douglas County Veterans Memorial: 24.3 mi
- Veterans Memeorial: 24.9 mi
- Rainbow Springs Upper Outlit: 7.3 mi
- Rainbow Spring Lower Outlit: 7.6 mi
- House Ruins: 20.8 mi
- House Ruins: 21.1 mi
- Arkansas View Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Caney Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Sweden Fork Natural Bridge: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Rattail Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Cave Mountain | SW 233° | 447 m | 7.8 mi |
| Coon Knob Hill | WNW 296° | 445 m | 19.2 mi |
| Blue Buck Knob | NE 38° | 442 m | 18.1 mi |
| Long Mountain | SW 230° | 440 m | 7.3 mi |
| Timber Knob | WSW 252° | 440 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tater Hill | NE 38° | 438 m | 20.1 mi |
| High Rock Mountain | WSW 241° | 434 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pinnacle | SW 229° | 429 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dora 3SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358040113
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